Some recent responses to neoliberalism and its views on education
Abstract
This article is about developments that are on the rise in response to the global hegemony of the
neoliberal approach to life in general and education in particular. After an outline of what
neoliberalism entails and how it has impacted education, the discussion moves on to an outline
of several of these new developments that are seemingly unrelated but at the deepest level seem
to be critical of neoliberalism and its views about education. This is followed by a critical appraisal
of these new developments. The appraisal, executed along the guidelines of the social space and
ethical function theory, shows that these new developments, although they suggest a number of
important corrections regarding neoliberalism and its views on education, are in themselves onesided
and narrow. It is nevertheless important for educators and educationists to take account of
such new developments that are in the process of changing our view of the world.
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