Knowledge and Identity: concepts and applications in Bernstein’s sociology of knowledge

Ivinson, Gabrielle Mary, Davies, Brian and Fitz, John, eds. 2010. Knowledge and Identity: concepts and applications in Bernstein’s sociology of knowledge. London: Routledge. 10.4324/9780203837856

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Abstract

What in the digital era is knowledge? Who has knowledge and whose knowledge has value? Postmodernism has introduced a relativist flavour into educational research such that big questions about the purposes of education have tended to be eclipsed by minutiae. Changes in economic and financial markets induce a sense that we are also experiencing an intellectual credit crunch. Societies can no longer afford to think about the role of education merely in relation to national markets and national citizenry. There is growing recognition that, once again, we need big thinking using big theoretical ideas in working on local problems of employability, sustainability and citizenship.

Item Type:	Book - edited
Book Type:	Edited Book
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Publisher:	Routledge
ISBN:	9780415582094
Last Modified:	01 Jul 2026 15:27
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/29385

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