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introductory part, he discusses neoliberalism’s different operating regis-
ters including the ‘war over ideas’. In particular, he examines how the ne-
oliberal ideology came to dominate some of the commanding institutions
of contemporary societies. At the same time, he also discusses the central-
ity of education under neoliberal modes of governance as well as the role
of large-scale assessments and quantitative data in educational research.
In the central part of the interview Prof. Giroux examines neoliberalism’s
strategy of appropriating ideas and concepts that lie outside its gravita-
tional orbit and its transformative influence on our way of thinking about
education and public policy in general. In the closing part of the inter-
view, Prof. Giroux identifies the most pressing negative effects of neolib-
eralism for democratic societies.
Keywords: neoliberalism, critical pedagogy, active citizenship, education
Jezik neoliberalnega izobraževanja:
intervju s Henryjem Girouxom
V tem intervjuju se prof. Henry Giroux ukvarja z nekaterimi najbolj
zahtevnimi vprašanji, ki jih povezujemo z neoliberalno agendo v vzgoji in
izobraževanju. V uvodnem delu razpravlja o različnih operativnih registr-
ih neoliberalizma, vključno z ‘vojno nad idejami’. Poseben poudarek je na-
menjen temu, kako je neoliberalna ideologija prevzela nadzor nad nekat-
erimi vodilnimi institucijami sodobnih družb. Hkrati obravnava osrednji
položaj izobraževanja v okviru neoliberalnega načina upravljanja kot tudi
vlogo obsežnih raziskav in kvantitativnih podatkov v izobraževalnih ra-
ziskavah. V osrednjem delu intervjuja prof. Giroux proučuje strategijo ne-
oliberalizma v okviru katere prevzame ideje in koncepte, ki ležijo izven
njegove gravitacijske orbite ter s tem povezan vpliv na način razmišljanja
o izobraževanju in javnih politikah nasploh. V zaključnem delu intervju-
ja prof. Giroux opredeli najbolj pereče negativne učinke neoliberalizem za
demokratične družbe.
Ključne besede: neoliberalizem, kritična pedagogika, aktivno državljan-
stvo, izobraževanje
Michael A. Peters
Neoliberalism as Political Discourse:
The Political Arithmetic of Homo oeconomicus
This essay is a discussion of neoliberalism as a form of political discourse
– ‘the political arithmetic of Homo Oeconomicus’. In the first half, the es-
say begins with a genealogy of political discourse with an etymology from
late Middle English and medieval Latin to denote a process of reasoning
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introductory part, he discusses neoliberalism’s different operating regis-
ters including the ‘war over ideas’. In particular, he examines how the ne-
oliberal ideology came to dominate some of the commanding institutions
of contemporary societies. At the same time, he also discusses the central-
ity of education under neoliberal modes of governance as well as the role
of large-scale assessments and quantitative data in educational research.
In the central part of the interview Prof. Giroux examines neoliberalism’s
strategy of appropriating ideas and concepts that lie outside its gravita-
tional orbit and its transformative influence on our way of thinking about
education and public policy in general. In the closing part of the inter-
view, Prof. Giroux identifies the most pressing negative effects of neolib-
eralism for democratic societies.
Keywords: neoliberalism, critical pedagogy, active citizenship, education
Jezik neoliberalnega izobraževanja:
intervju s Henryjem Girouxom
V tem intervjuju se prof. Henry Giroux ukvarja z nekaterimi najbolj
zahtevnimi vprašanji, ki jih povezujemo z neoliberalno agendo v vzgoji in
izobraževanju. V uvodnem delu razpravlja o različnih operativnih registr-
ih neoliberalizma, vključno z ‘vojno nad idejami’. Poseben poudarek je na-
menjen temu, kako je neoliberalna ideologija prevzela nadzor nad nekat-
erimi vodilnimi institucijami sodobnih družb. Hkrati obravnava osrednji
položaj izobraževanja v okviru neoliberalnega načina upravljanja kot tudi
vlogo obsežnih raziskav in kvantitativnih podatkov v izobraževalnih ra-
ziskavah. V osrednjem delu intervjuja prof. Giroux proučuje strategijo ne-
oliberalizma v okviru katere prevzame ideje in koncepte, ki ležijo izven
njegove gravitacijske orbite ter s tem povezan vpliv na način razmišljanja
o izobraževanju in javnih politikah nasploh. V zaključnem delu intervju-
ja prof. Giroux opredeli najbolj pereče negativne učinke neoliberalizem za
demokratične družbe.
Ključne besede: neoliberalizem, kritična pedagogika, aktivno državljan-
stvo, izobraževanje
Michael A. Peters
Neoliberalism as Political Discourse:
The Political Arithmetic of Homo oeconomicus
This essay is a discussion of neoliberalism as a form of political discourse
– ‘the political arithmetic of Homo Oeconomicus’. In the first half, the es-
say begins with a genealogy of political discourse with an etymology from
late Middle English and medieval Latin to denote a process of reasoning
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