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Krytyka „oficjalnej krytyki” neoliberalnych reform w szkolnictwie wyższym
Critique of the „official critique” of neoliberal reforms in higher education

Author(s): Oskar Szwabowski
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: higher education; university; critical pedagogy; neoliberalism

Summary/Abstract: Critique of the „official critique” of neoliberal reforms in higher education Summary: In this article I criticise theoretical structure which is employed in critiques of higher education reforms within the domain of pedagogy. I argue that critique of neoliberalism in education doesn’t recognise the dynamics of change and „necessity” of transformation. Both critique and defense of neoliberal reforms do not transcend capitalist „separation” and institutionalization typical of particular orders. In practical terms, it results in reactive resistance, either in the form of defense of privileges of „leisure class or attempt to brink back the period of „class compromise”. In this way, it is not able to develop a radical practice, transcend „ideological state apparatus” and produce a radical practice as well as education based on democracy and equality.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 07
  • Page Range: 143-165
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish