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1The "new Wittgenstein" coalesces around a series of common interpretive protocols: Wittgenstein is not advancing theories in metaphysics but employing a therapeutic method; he is helping us to work free of the confusions that become evident when we begin to philosophize; at the same time, Wittgenstein is disabusing us of the notion that we can stand outside language and command an external view, and; that such an external view is both necessary and possible for grasping the essence of thought an…Read more
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Understanding Curriculum: An Introduction to the Study of Historical and Contemporary Curriculum Discourses (William Pinar, William M. Reynolds, Patrick Slattery and Peter M. Taubman) (review)Educational Philosophy and Theory 31 254-258. 1999.
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Deranging the Investigations: Cavell on the figure of the childEducational Philosophy and Theory 21 88-96. 2000.
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1Political philosophy of theatre: The experience of avant-garde and Black theatreLinguistic and Philosophical Investigations 9 17-35. 2010.
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9Historizing Subjectivity in Childhood StudiesLinguistic and Philosophical Investigations 11 42-61. 2012.Historizing Subjectivity in Childhood Studies
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3Living in the Eschata: The End of Christendom and Prospects for a Global SpiritualismAnalysis and Metaphysics 8 11-29. 2009.
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1Intercultural understanding, ethnocentrism and western forms of dialogueAnalysis and Metaphysics 10 81-100. 2011.
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1Derrida as a profound humanistIn Derrida, Deconstruction, and the Politics of Pedagogy, Peter Lang. 2009.
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511 Humanism, Derrida, and the new humanitiesIn Gert Biesta & Denise Egéa-Kuehne (eds.), Derrida & education, Routledge. pp. 10--209. 2001.
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3From knowledge to information : Virtual classrooms or automated diploma Mills?In John R. Dakers (ed.), Defining Technological Literacy: Towards an Epistemological Framework, Palgrave-macmillan. pp. 297. 2006.
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Emancipation, Education and Philosophies of History: Jean-François Lyotard and cultural differenceIn Pradeep Ajit Dhillon & Paul Standish (eds.), Lyotard: just education, Routledge. pp. 23--35. 2000.
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40Philosophy of education in a new key: A ‘Covid Collective’ of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB)Educational Philosophy and Theory 53 (12): 1215-1228. 2021.This article is a collective writing experiment undertaken by philosophers of education affiliated with the PESGB (Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain). When asked to reflect on questions concerning the Philosophy of Education in a New Key in May 2020, it was unsurprising that the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on society and on education were foremost in our minds. We wanted to consider important philosophical and educational questions raised by the pandemic, while acknowledgi…Read more
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11Education and the Postmodern Condition (edited book)Bergin & Garvey. 1995.This collection of essays brings together a number of contributions on Lyotard's work made by philosophers, educationalists and sociologists around the special focus of education. Their intent is to examine Lyotard's notion of the postmodern condition and its relevance to education.
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31The long read: On the global relevance of the US electionsEducational Philosophy and Theory 54 (14): 2389-2408. 2022.At almost every election, Americans are inclined to say that this is the most consequential election in American history. 2020 is no exception. However, what is particularly remarkable about the No...
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136Reimagining the new pedagogical possibilities for universities post-Covid-19Educational Philosophy and Theory 1-44. forthcoming.Michael A. Petersa and Fazal Rizvib aBeijing Normal University, Beijing, PR China; bMelbourne University, Melbourne, Australia Our minds are still racing back and forth, longing for a return to ‘no...
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76Reimagining the new pedagogical possibilities for universities post-Covid-19: An EPAT Collective ProjectEducational Philosophy and Theory 54 (6): 717-760. 2022.
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12Making democracy safe for the world? Philosophy of war, peace and democracyEducational Philosophy and Theory 56 (3): 197-200. 2024.The list of causalities for wars in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries is horrendous with an estimated 187 million people dying in the period 1900 to the present day, with approximately 75 mi...
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2<I>The Last Book of Postmodernism comprises set of essays written on and about 'postmodernism' and education. It is written in an apocalyptic tone that treats themes of religion and spiritualism, drawing on poststructuralist sources of inspiration, to contrast the present 'postmodern condition' and the philosophical significance and historical influence of Nietzsche's statement 'God is dead.' The book considers the meaning of the 'end' of Christendom and the prospect of global spirituality. It…Read more
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33Academic Writing, Philosophy and Genre (edited book)Wiley-Blackwell. 2009.This book investigates how philosophical texts display a variety of literary forms and explores philosophical writing and the relation of philosophy to literature and reading. Discusses the many different philosophical genres that have developed, among them letters, the treatise, the confession, the meditation, the allegory, the essay, the soliloquy, the symposium, the consolation, the commentary, the disputation, and the dialogue Shows how these forms of philosophy have conditioned and become t…Read more
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