{"id":21255,"date":"2024-11-19T01:10:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T08:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=21255"},"modified":"2024-11-19T01:10:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T08:10:33","slug":"postmodern-critical-pedagogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2024\/11\/19\/postmodern-critical-pedagogy\/","title":{"rendered":"Postmodern Critical Pedagogy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Postmodernism and Marxist Critical Theory combine to create a hellish spawn, and it\u2019s pedagogy targeted at young people. Logan Lancing <a href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1847649459401843059.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">examines<\/a> this <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/lQqVI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">synthesis<\/a> and what it means.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"  align=\"center\" >\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"  align=\"center\" >I want to discuss a paper this morning, one that helped me understand the merger of Critical Theory with Postmodernism.<\/p>\n<p>Peter McLaren&#39;s &quot;Critical Pedagogy and the Postmodern Challenge&quot; (89&#39;)<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\uddf5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HkXyhpqarY\">pic.twitter.com\/HkXyhpqarY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Logan Lancing (@LoganLancing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoganLancing\/status\/1847649459401843059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"  align=\"center\" >\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"  align=\"center\" >The paper&#39;s central argument was this:<\/p>\n<p>We live in the wake of Postmodernism. PoMo argues that grand narratives (big stories about progress\/history) are broken. Meaning is slippery, identity fluid, and everything fragmented. This creates unique challenges for fighting oppression.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Logan Lancing (@LoganLancing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoganLancing\/status\/1847649466171453589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Challenges, and for them, opportunities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"  align=\"center\" >\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"  align=\"center\" >Critical pedagogy, based on Paulo Freire&#39;s theory and methods, must adapt to this new reality &#8211; this postmodern challenge. Instead of relying on old narratives, it needs to help students understand and challenge systems of power in a world where everything feels uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Logan Lancing (@LoganLancing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoganLancing\/status\/1847649469250129976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"  align=\"center\" >\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"  align=\"center\" >This new &quot;critical postmodernist pedagogy&quot; recognizes the fragmented self while providing tools for fighting oppression. It helps students make sense of their experiences and work towards a liberated future, even amidst uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Logan Lancing (@LoganLancing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoganLancing\/status\/1847649471837966341?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"  align=\"center\" >\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"  align=\"center\" >McLaren&#39;s goal was to merge the two; to offer hope in a world that can feel hopeless. Critical Postmodernist Pedagogy empowers students to become critical marxists and agents of change, even when the old ways of understanding the world no longer applied.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Logan Lancing (@LoganLancing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoganLancing\/status\/1847649474438418447?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"  align=\"center\" >\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"  align=\"center\" >The approach proposed looks like this:<\/p>\n<p>Starting with students&#39; personal experiences and helping them understand how their identities are shaped by social forces.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Logan Lancing (@LoganLancing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoganLancing\/status\/1847649477898707268?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"  align=\"center\" >\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"  align=\"center\" >Promoting &quot;solidarity&quot; and &quot;collective action&quot;, even while recognizing differences in experience and perspective.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Logan Lancing (@LoganLancing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoganLancing\/status\/1847649480335606036?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"  align=\"center\" >\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"  align=\"center\" >Critically examining (Critical Theory) popular culture and its influence on our lives.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Logan Lancing (@LoganLancing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoganLancing\/status\/1847649482684412033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"  align=\"center\" >\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"  align=\"center\" >Maintaining a &quot;language of possibility&quot; \u2014 a belief that things can change, even in a fragmented world.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Logan Lancing (@LoganLancing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoganLancing\/status\/1847649485431730633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"  align=\"center\" >\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"  align=\"center\" >This is a call for educators to become &quot;transformative intellectuals&quot; who guide students to be critical marxists and activists in a complex world.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Logan Lancing (@LoganLancing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoganLancing\/status\/1847649488753561862?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"  align=\"center\" >\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"  align=\"center\" >By combining critical pedagogy with postmodernism, McLaren joined other marxists who wanted to use the destructive power of Postmodernism to eliminate all narratives but theirs.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Logan Lancing (@LoganLancing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoganLancing\/status\/1847649492578844973?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"  align=\"center\" >\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"  align=\"center\" >Now, it&#39;s my larger thesis that you don&#39;t need Postmodernism at all because Paulo Freire&#39;s theory+practice can already be considered Postmodern, but McLaren likely wouldn&#39;t argue that.<\/p>\n<p>The point is that Marxists started admitting to combining Marxism with Postmodernism long ago.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Logan Lancing (@LoganLancing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoganLancing\/status\/1847649496211116095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There\u2019s a lot of that going about these days, sadly enough.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/critical-pedagogy-and-the-postmodern-challenge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/critical-pedagogy-and-the-postmodern-challenge.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/critical-pedagogy-and-the-postmodern-challenge-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/critical-pedagogy-and-the-postmodern-challenge-651x1024.jpg 651w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/critical-pedagogy-and-the-postmodern-challenge-768x1209.jpg 768w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/critical-pedagogy-and-the-postmodern-challenge-976x1536.jpg 976w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/critical-pedagogy-and-the-postmodern-challenge-940x198.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1px) 100vw, 1px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/critical-pedagogy-and-the-postmodern-challenge-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/critical-pedagogy-and-the-postmodern-challenge-thumb.jpg 540w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/critical-pedagogy-and-the-postmodern-challenge-thumb-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Parade of Fans for Houston\u2019s Funeral\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"NEWARK - The guest list and parade of limousines with celebrities emerging from them seemed more suited to a red carpet event in Hollywood or New York than than a gritty stretch of Sussex Avenue near the former site of the James M. 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