{"product_id":"9781350504912","title":"Knowledges that Destroy Education, Decoloniality and Social Justice","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBloomsbury Race, Ethnicity and Belonging in Education\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eKnowledges that Destroy\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEducation, Decoloniality and Social Justice\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eReza Gholami | Paul Miller | Danielle Tran | Jeffrey S. Brooks | Lauri Johnson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eEducation \/ Philosophy, Theory \u0026amp; Social Aspects\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis open access book offers an urgently needed re-imagining of what education can and must be in an era marked by escalating division, culture wars, and global precarity. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriting against the backdrop of “Brexit”, the Covid-19 pandemic, far-right resurgence, and intensifying geopolitical crises, Gholami and Tran show how contemporary politics weaponizes concepts such as social justice, diversity, and decolonization-either to vilify them or to empty them of meaning. In response, the book reframes social justice as a “good ideology”: an educational necessity that transcends left–right political binaries and offers a foundation for democratic, pluralist educational futures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAddressing a range of issues from the politics of untruth to climate injustice, from the religious-secular nexus to higher-education free speech debates, the authors illuminate how the \"thumbprint\" of coloniality can be discerned across all the key issues affecting education today, threatening both democracy and the ethical purpose of education. They argue that a re-energized decoloniality must run through the practice of education at all levels. The book thus offers a practical, research-informed framework for educators to make social justice immediately “workable” in their classrooms, communities, and institutions. It maps a pathway towards “collective knowledge”-a collectivist epistemology born of and reflecting the unique ethical dynamics of diverse locales and rooted firmly in social justice. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccessible, timely, and conceptually innovative, \u003ci\u003eKnowledges that Destroy\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for educators, policymakers, and all those committed to renewing education as a shared, democratic, and socially just endeavour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Open access was funded by Knowledge Unlatched.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReza Gholami\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Birmingham, UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDanielle Tran \u003c\/b\u003eis Deputy Director of the Higher Education Development \u0026amp; Support Institute (HEDS) and Associate Professor (Teaching) at University College London (UCL), UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350504912\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51936259047564,"sku":"9781350504912","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_b7d3ceb3-15f7-4fcd-83d9-59b48feaeed6.jpg?v=1786016468","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350504912","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}