Utopian realism and a new politics of education: developing a critical theory without guarantees
- 1 July 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Education Policy
- Vol. 14 (4) , 345-361
- https://doi.org/10.1080/026809399286233
Abstract
This paper is about utopia and utopianism and the relevance of both to thinking analytically and practically about the form and content of education policy. Specifically, it commends a particular application of the utopian imagination - utopian realism - which entails envisaging possible futures in terms of detectable trends in actual social development. It also assesses the merits for education policy of a recent attempt to translate this kind of utopianism into a mode of practical politics known as the ‘Third Way’.Keywords
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