End Of Education: Toward Posthumanism (Pedagogy and Cultural Practice)
Spanos (English and comparative literature, SUNY at Binghamton) warns that the turmoil in higher education will either reformulate itself according to the dominant culture paradigm or result in intellectual discourse that will take into account such issues as core curriculum, the humanities, political correctness, and the new world order. His highly academic and heavily documented discussion draws on the ideas of Martin Heidegger and Michel Foucault, as well as a number of known theorists, philosophers, and critics. Spanos projects the end of humanistic education, given events since the Vietnam War. Although written in postmodern academic language, this book pulls together many of the events and intellectual ideas of the 20th century and offers a new perspective. What it doesn't offer is a vision of higher education in a posthumanist context. Recommended for academic libraries.- Nancy E. Zuwiyya, Binghamton City Sch. Dist., N.Y.Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.