The Responsibilities of Historical Inheritance, in Education and Beyond
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Résumé
One of the more profound effects of 60 years of neoliberal capitalism is the taken-for-grantedness with which neoliberal ontic and epistemic norms have become accepted as a permanent condition of life without historically available alternatives.That is, neoliberal capitalism's pervasiveness as not simply an economic or even political approach, but rather as a totality that envelops existential purpose, translates to a seamless discourse of marketization, accountability, and individualism in every realm: education, healthcare, culture and entertainment, and family life.In the here and now of a globalized yet deeply unequal market, our decisions are framed according to values of relentless economic growth, personal choice, and competition.Amid such a polished and wellfunded discourse, it can be easy to lose sight of other possibilities for our lives.It can feel as though entirely new solutions need to be engineered to disrupt the status quo.The remnants and recollections of other, historical ways of being and doing fade from our collective consciousness and, despairing that there is no alternative, we are compelled to traverse the structure of the present with a sense that it is not only the correct but also the sole possible mode of existence.In her latest book, exploring how two texts from Max Weber may prove useful in addressing present-day nihilism, Wendy Brown (2023) describes our current moment as a "disorienting contemporary condition, in which philosophical, social, economic, ecological, and political coordinates for value and values are profoundly unsettled, both in knowledge practices and the world" (p.2).She goes on to note that nihilism is intensified by "neoliberal economization of all value" (p.21) and that "nihilism both facilitates the neoliberal economization of everything and is intensified by this economization" (p.27).In this way, we are inscribed into an ouroboros of meaning making, trapped in an embrace of the very conditions that mobilize our anxieties-"absorption with the self, and its desires and safety" (Brown, 2023, p. 28).First, the solutions neoliberal "values" provide, like individualism and competition, worsen feelings of alienation by encouraging behaviours and actions that reify the circumstances of nihilism.Second, because neoliberal "values" are not really values tethered to anything other than the market, they remain superficial and unfulfilling, even in the rare occurrences of one's "success."One solution Weber proposes, which Brown critiques, is to strive to isolate values from knowledge in educational contexts.With Brown and for many reasons, I believe this radical suggestion for an epistemic approach drained of values would be impractical in a highly polarized world of information
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Scores Codex et Gemma par catégorie
| Catégorie | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Métarecherche | 0,005 | 0,005 |
| Méta-épidémiologie (sens strict) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Méta-épidémiologie (sens large) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Bibliométrie | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Études des sciences et des technologies | 0,001 | 0,000 |
| Communication savante | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Science ouverte | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Intégrité de la recherche | 0,000 | 0,001 |
| Charge utile insuffisante (le modèle a refusé de juger) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
Scores machine (provisoires)
Les deux têtes enseignantes du modèle étudiant, lues sur ce travail. Un score ordonne la base pour la relecture; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie, et le statut de validation accompagne chaque rangée tel quel.
Scores de référence d'un modèle non mature (critères de maturité non atteints, 7 itérations). Un score ordonne; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · tel quel depuis la passe de notation : score_only signifie que le nombre peut ordonner les travaux, et qu'aucune étiquette de catégorie n'en découleClassification
machine, non validéePrédiction automatique; un appel candidat d’une seule tête enseignante, pas un consensus.
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