The Secret Downing Street Memo and the Politics of Truth
A Performance Text
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2408228 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Norman K Denzin |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 99-109 |
| Publication date | 2007-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1532-7086 • E-ISSN: 1552-356X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1532708606296028 |
| OpenAlex | W2889445966 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 9 |
Reading forward from the recently released secret Downing Street Memos, to the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act, in this performance text I critique the Bush Administration and its reliance on science, or evidence-based models of inquiry (SBR). SBR raises issues concerning the politics of truth and evidence. These issues intersect with the ways in which a given political regime fixes facts to fit ideology. Three versions of SBR are discussed, as is a model of science as disruptive cultural practice. I conclude by calling for a merger of critical pedagogy with a prophetic, feminist post-pragmatism
Critical reading · Epistemology · Ideology · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Pragmatism · Reading (process · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2009 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |