Following Lyotard's death in 1998, this book provides an exploration of the recurrent theme of education in his work. It brings to a wider audience the significance of a body of thought about education that is subtle, profound and still largely unexplored. This book also makes an important contribution to contemporary debates on postmoderism and education.
Author(s): P. Dhillon
Edition: 1
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 288
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Notes on contributors......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Introduction: Jean-Francois Lyotard: just education in passing PRADEEP A. DHILLON AND PAUL STANDISH......Page 12
Emancipation and philosophies of history: Jean-Francois Lyotard and cultural difference MICHAEL PETERS......Page 34
Lyotard on Wittgenstein: the differend, language games, and education NICHOLAS C. BURBULES......Page 47
Paralogy, validity claims, and the politics of knowledge: Habermas, Lyotard, and higher education NIGEL BLAKE......Page 65
Overcoming capitalism: Lyotard's pessimism and Rorty's prophecy J. M. FRITZMAN......Page 84
Lyotard as moral educator A. T. NUYEN......Page 108
The sublime face of just education PRADEEP A. DHILLON......Page 121
Another space RICHARD SMITH......Page 136
L'enfance, education, and the politics of meaning PAUL SMEYERS AND JAN MASSCHELEIN......Page 151
In freedom's grip PAUL STANDISH......Page 168
Exploring ~Lyotard's women~: the unpresentable, ambivalence, and feminist possibility LYNDA STONE......Page 188
Fables and apedagogy: Lyotard's relevance for a pedagogy of the Other DAVID PALUMBO-LIU......Page 205
For a libidinal education JAMES WILLIAMS......Page 226
Pointlessness and the University of Beauty GORDON C. F. BEARN......Page 241
Bibliography......Page 270
Index of themes......Page 280
Index of names......Page 282
