Towards a Society of Equals: Dewey, Lippmann, the Co-Operative Movement and Radical Democracy Undermining Neo-Liberal Forms of Schooling

Autor/in	Schostak, John
Titel	Towards a Society of Equals: Dewey, Lippmann, the Co-Operative Movement and Radical Democracy Undermining Neo-Liberal Forms of Schooling
Quelle	In: Power and Education, 10 (2018) 2, S.139-165 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1757-7438
DOI	10.1177/1757743818756914
Schlagwörter	Educational Philosophy; Equal Education; Power Structure; Progressive Education; Neoliberalism; Cooperative Education; Public Opinion; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Reformpädagogik; Progressive Erziehung; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Kooperativer Unterricht; Öffentliche Meinung; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	This article explores the wider critical and creative powers of education to bring about a society where no one person is valued more than another and where each person is celebrated for their differences -- this the author calls the 'society of equals'. It is argued that discourses of equality are not only co-extensive with democracy; they are co-extensive with co-operation and education. The extent to which equalities between people are limited to certain spheres of activity is also the limit to which democracy and co-operation are exercised in the affairs of everyday life. To what extent are democracy and co-operation evidenced in schools, colleges and universities -- the supposedly privileged places for the development of people's powers? In whose interests and for what purposes are those powers to be developed? And how may socially just democratic futures be realised through co-operative forms of education? The critical points at issue in answering these questions will be approached by exploring Dewey's discussions of education and the democratic public in comparison to Lippmann's views of the public and the role of elites, alongside the values and practices of the co-operative movement and the idea of the society of equals capable of undermining and replacing neo-liberal forms of schooling. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01