Educational Studies and the Domestication of Utopia

Autor/in	Webb, Darren
Titel	Educational Studies and the Domestication of Utopia
Quelle	In: British Journal of Educational Studies, 64 (2016) 4, S.431-448 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0007-1005
DOI	10.1080/00071005.2016.1143085
Schlagwörter	Concept Formation; Educational Practices; Educational Philosophy; Ideology; Politics of Education; Educational Theories; Criticism; Educational Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Bildungspraxis; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Ideologie; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Kritik; Bildungsentwicklung
Abstract	This paper offers a critique of educational real utopias. Real Utopias are experimental forms of thought and practice intended to harness the transgressive force of traditional utopianism while avoiding its associated dangers. The concept has been embraced by the field of educational studies and applied to the study of various educational settings, institutions and processes. This paper does four things. Firstly, it outlines the concept of utopian realism and highlights those aspects that are said to differentiate it from the utopia that supposedly played a role in the human catastrophes of the twentieth century. It then evaluates a selection of educational real utopias to assess whether they can, in fact, be said to have succeeded in the task of harnessing the intellectual force while overcoming the dangers of traditional utopianism. Thirdly, the paper offers a critique of utopian realism, arguing that the concept of utopia has become thoroughly domesticated. Finally, the paper defends the expansive and holistic concept of utopia that utopian realism rejects. The argument here is that only when utopia is understood as a holistic system is it able to produce its most potent pedagogical effects. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01