Education and the Postmodern Condition

MICHAEL PETERS is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. His research interests are in the areas of postmodernism and poststructuralism. He has edited Performance and Accountability (1990) and published more than 60 journal articles and numerous chapters in edited volumes on educational policy and philosophy.

• Postmodern Education and the Politics of Backlash by Henry A. Giroux, Series Editor's Introduction Foreword by Jean-Francois Lyotard Introduction: Lyotard, Education, and the Postmodern Condition by Michael Peters The Loss of Innocence: Lyotard, Foucault, and the Challenge of Postmodern Education by William Bain Legitimation Problems: Knowledge and Education in the Postmodern Condition by Michael Peters Lyotard and Rorty on the Role of the Professor by A.T. Nuyen From Pragmatism to the Differend by J.M. Fritzman Postmodern Feminisms by Carol Nicholson Critical Pedagogy and the Pragmatics of Justice by Peter McLaren Lyotard, Postmodernity, and Education: A Critical Evaluation by John Hinkson Is Education at the End of a Sovereign Story or at the Beginning of Another? Cultural Political Possibilities and Lyotard by Barry Kanpol Pedagogy and Apedagogy: Lyotard and Foucault at Vincennes by James Marshall From Emancipation to Obligation: Sketch for a Heteronomous Politics of Education by Bill Readings Index