'I've Learned to Question Everything': Critical Thinking, or, the Pedagogical Logic of Late Capitalism

Autor/in	McMillan, Chris
Titel	'I've Learned to Question Everything': Critical Thinking, or, the Pedagogical Logic of Late Capitalism
Quelle	In: Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 16 (2018) 1, S.1-29 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1740-2743
Schlagwörter	Critical Thinking; Neoliberalism; Educational Change; Social Systems; Higher Education; Resistance to Change; Marxian Analysis; Universities; Democracy; Citizenship Education; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritisches Denken; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Bildungsreform; Social system; Soziales System; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Marxism; Marxismus; University; Universität; Demokratie; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	While the loss of space for critical engagement has been a primary focus for critics of the neo-liberal transformation of higher education, the recasting of the relationship between education and economy has not meant the death of critical thinking. Instead, I argue that critical thinking has emerged as a binding point in higher education discourse, while at the same time being occupied by an 'employability narrative' that conflates the longstanding division between 'academic' and 'vocational' education: in the knowledge economy, critical graduates are employable graduates. This pedagogical dynamic is part of the logic of late capitalism identified by Fredric Jameson and Slavoj Žižek, wherein cultural transgression is not a threat to capital, but the basis for its expansion. In response, I suggest that the question for critical pedagogues is that posed by Žižek and Glyn Daly in regards to capitalism, 'How do you subvert a system that has subversion as its dominant logic?' (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Institute for Education Policy Studies. University of Northampton, School of Education, Boughton Green Road, Northampton, NN2 7AL, UK. Tel: +44-1273-270943; e-mail: ieps@ieps.org.uk; Web site: http://www.jceps.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01