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Education, tech, and privatization fuel the crises of truth and agency.

The Alienation of Fact

Digital Educational Privatization, AI, and the False Promise of Bodies and Numbers

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    232 pages

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    17 January 2023

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Summary

An investigation of the role of educational privatization and technology in the crises of truth and agency.

Today, conspiracy theories run rampant, attacks on facts have become commonplace, and systemic inequities are on the rise as individual and collective agency unravels. The Alienation of Fact explains the educational, technological, and ideological preconditions for these contemporary crises of truth and agency and explores the contradictions and competing visions for th…

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ISBN-13:9780262544368
ISBN-10:0262544369
Author:Kenneth J. Saltman
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:232
Release Date:17 January 2023
Weight:369g
Dimensions:133mm x 203mm
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About The Author

Kenneth J. Saltman

Kenneth J. Saltman is a professor of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Illinois Chicago. His recent publications include:

  • Scripted Bodies: Corporate Power, Smart Technologies, and the Undoing of Public Education
  • The Swindle of Innovative Educational Finance
  • The Failure of Corporate School Reform
  • Capitalizing on Disaster: Taking and Breaking Schools

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