Knowledge Society: On the Ambition of the Educated Class for the Power Positions

Authors

  • Christine Resch

Keywords:

Post-industrial Society, Knowledge Society, Risk Society, Class Society, C onsumer S ociety, Experience Society, Technocracy, Education, Knowledge

Abstract

This article analyzes two different moments of the "knowledge society", both in relation to real social changes as in relation to the theoretical elaboration that goes along with them. The crisis of Fordism and the triumph of the neo-liberal policies are the background of the two models of "knowledge society". Although these models are presented as an alternative to the class society, our analysis shows that its contradictions persist and continue expressing in the knowledge society.

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Published

2016-02-19

How to Cite

Resch, C. (2016). Knowledge Society: On the Ambition of the Educated Class for the Power Positions. Constelaciones. Revista De Teoría Crítica, 6(6), 228–258. Retrieved from https://constelaciones-rtc.net/article/view/868

Issue

No. 6 (2014): Critical Social Theory and Education

Section

Essays

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