A Lacanian Theory of Curriculum in Higher Education: The Unfinished Symptom

This volume presents a distinctively Lacanian psychoanalytic approach to the theorizing, understanding, and critique of curriculum in higher education. In this work, the author presents the main theories of curriculum in the current discourse, develops a notion of critique, and applies it to existing global guidelines for curriculum reform. Relying on the architectonic of the subject as developed across the work of Jacques Lacan—expressed in the registers of the Symbolic, the Imaginary, and the Real—the author provides a new approach to understanding curriculum in terms of the psychic dynamics that explain its workings.

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A Lacanian Theory of Curriculum in Higher Education: The Unfinished Symptom

This volume presents a distinctively Lacanian psychoanalytic approach to the theorizing, understanding, and critique of curriculum in higher education. In this work, the author presents the main theories of curriculum in the current discourse, develops a notion of critique, and applies it to existing global guidelines for curriculum reform. Relying on the architectonic of the subject as developed across the work of Jacques Lacan—expressed in the registers of the Symbolic, the Imaginary, and the Real—the author provides a new approach to understanding curriculum in terms of the psychic dynamics that explain its workings.

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A Lacanian Theory of Curriculum in Higher Education: The Unfinished Symptom

A Lacanian Theory of Curriculum in Higher Education: The Unfinished Symptom

by Fernando M. Murillo
A Lacanian Theory of Curriculum in Higher Education: The Unfinished Symptom

A Lacanian Theory of Curriculum in Higher Education: The Unfinished Symptom

by Fernando M. Murillo

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This volume presents a distinctively Lacanian psychoanalytic approach to the theorizing, understanding, and critique of curriculum in higher education. In this work, the author presents the main theories of curriculum in the current discourse, develops a notion of critique, and applies it to existing global guidelines for curriculum reform. Relying on the architectonic of the subject as developed across the work of Jacques Lacan—expressed in the registers of the Symbolic, the Imaginary, and the Real—the author provides a new approach to understanding curriculum in terms of the psychic dynamics that explain its workings.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783319997650
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Publication date: 10/04/2018
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 302 KB

About the Author

Fernando M. Murillo holds a PhD in Curriculum Studies from the University of British Columbia, Canada. His current work focuses on education, psychoanalysis, and German educational theory and philosophy.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Formation of the Subject: Curriculum as an Unfinished Symptom.- Chapter 3. Critique: Between Theory and Method.- Chapter 4. Analyzing Symptoms in Policy: A Psychoanalytic Reading.- Chapter 5. Concluding Thoughts.
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