title: Critical Curriculum Studies: Education, Consciousness, and the Politics of Knowing (Critical Social Thought)
author:  Wayne Au 
description: <P><STRONG>"This is an essential book for anyone interested in the politics of knowledge and education that aims to be transformative rather than reproductive of current social conditions. Summing Up: Essential"</STRONG> <EM>- E. W. Ross, University of British Columbia in CHOICE</EM></P> <P><STRONG>"Wayne Au brilliantly advances a theoretical framework for curriculum as liberation. Weaving together robust conceptions of consciousness, curriculum, learning, standpoint, and power, Au deepens how we think about curriculum, and brings into sharp focus the theoretical basis of real-life examples of counter-hegemonic multicultural curriculum."</STRONG> <EM>- Christine E. Sleeter, Professor Emerita, College of Professional Studies, California State University, Monterey Bay</EM></P> <P></P> <P><STRONG>"If Wayne Au wanted to revitalize curriculum studies---it worked! Articulating the complex simply, this unique and insightful contribution successfully explains the electric relationship between what we learn and what we do. This is a must read for those interested in knowledge and possibility."<EM> - </EM></STRONG><EM>William H. Watkins, Professor, College of Education, University of Illinois at Chicago</EM></P> <P></P> <P><STRONG>"At a moment of crisis in the field, <EM>Critical Curriculum Studies</EM> decisively intervenes, proposing a return to a critical commitment firmly grounded in theory and yet crucially oriented to practice. Powerfully addressing fundamental questions regarding the relationship between educational knowledge and material reality, this impressive book renews the critical tradition and urgently enlivens the senses of praxis that can transform teaching and learning in the present."</STRONG> <EM>-&nbsp;Noah De Lissovoy, Assistant Professor of Curriculum Studies, University of Texas at Austin</EM></P>
zlib_text: Heidegger, Žižek and Revolution
  
  PERSPECTIVES OF CRITICAL THEORY AND EDUCATION
  Volume 1
  Series Editor
  Olli-Pekka Moisio, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
  Advisory Board
  Stephen Brookfield, University of St. Thomas Minneapolis, USA 
  Martin Jay, University of California at Berkeley, USA
  Douglas Kellner, University of California at Los Angeles, USA
  Michael A. Peters, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), USA
  Juha Suoranta, University of Tampere, Finland
  Christiane Thompson, Martin-Luther-University at Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
  Scope
  This series maps the field of critical theory and its role in articulating the central 
  problems of education, schooling, culture, and human learning and development 
  in the current historical social, political, economical and global situation. It aspires 
  to build a consistent approach to philosophy and sociology of education from the 
  viewpoint of critical theory, as well as new openings for the future critical theory 
  of education. It will also examine