A Society of Signs? Mediating a Learning Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8408100 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Edwards (0000-0002-0234-8268, Hong Kong Metropolitan University), Robin Usher |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 261-274 |
| Publication date | 1999-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Educational Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1005 • E-ISSN: 1467-8527 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-8527.00118 |
| OpenAlex | W1966268726 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This article critiques certain notions of a learning society. These are framed largely in economic and humanist frameworks of competitiveness and social exclusion. This overlooks the implications of information, communications and media technologies, and the linguistic turn in social theory. These suggest a learning society can be framed as a ‘society of signs’ Some of the possible implications of the latter are outlined
Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Humanism · Information society · Learning society · Pedagogy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Globalization and Cultural Identity · Law · Philosophy · Political theory and Gramsci
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |