In this engaging and original book, John Clarke is in conversation with 12 leading scholars about the dynamics of thinking critically in the social sciences. The conversations range across many fields and explore the problems and possibilities of doing critical intellectual work in ways that are responsive to changing conditions.
By emphasising the many voices in play, in conversation with as well as against others, Clarke challenges the individualising myth of the heroic intellectual. He underlines the value of thinking critically, collaboratively and dialogically.
The book also provides access to a sound archive of the original conversations.
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Introduction: ‘Voices in my head’: thinking critically as dialogic practice
Tania Murray Li
Larry Grossberg
Wendy Brown
Anu (Aradhana) Sharma
Jeff Maskovsky
Paul Stubbs
Allan Cochrane
Fiona Williams
Davina Cooper
Gail Lewis
Wendy Larner
Janet Newman
Afterword
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John Clarke is a Professor Emeritus at The Open University and a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow. His research and writing have explored the contemporary transformations of nation, state and welfare.