ABSTRACT
This volume examines the role of neoliberalism and its impact on education in South Asia. It contends that education is in a state of crisis across the world. This is reflected not only in the way the state has withdrawn to pave way for private capital but also in the manner in which knowledge and ways of understanding the world are being challenged by manipulation and adverse influences. A process of ‘factoryisation’ is underway as disciplining of human minds and redefinition of the purpose of human existence are being geared to fall in line with the needs of private capital.
The book brings together incisive contributions from India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal to explore newer possibilities to deal with the educational crisis, and looks at a range of critical themes in education: pedagogy, teacher–learner relationship, teacher education, the state of the university, and policy.
Rich in content, critical and insightful, this book will be a valuable addition for scholars and researchers of education and education policy, sociology, public policy and South Asian Studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|86 pages
Neoliberalism, critical pedagogy and resistance
chapter 2|20 pages
Transformative education, critical education, Marxist education
part II|46 pages
Neoliberalism in education in South Asia
part III|92 pages
Politics of knowledge production under neoliberalism
chapter 7|12 pages
Countering the hegemony of ‘hegemony' in social science
chapter 8|15 pages
Neoliberalism in higher education and the Brahmanical hegemony of knowledge production
part IV|66 pages
Perspectives on resisting neoliberalism in education