Dismantling the Public Sphere: Situating and Sustaining Librarianship in the Age of the New Public Philosophy

Abstract

The Framework of Critical Analysis: The New Public Philosophy and the Public Sphere Introduction: Crisis Culture and the Need for a Defense of Librarianship in the Public Sphere The New Public Philosophy and Critical Educational Analysis: The Context of Public Cultural Institutions The Public Sphere: Rounding out the Context of Librarianship Studies in Librarianship and the Dismantling of the Public Sphere Follow the Money: Library Funding and Information Capitalism Co-opted or Rolling Over? Follow-the-Leader Library Management and the New Public Philosophy On Customer-Driven Librarianship Drifting Toward the Corporate Model: A Brief Look at ALA Notes on Postmodern Technology, Technocracy, and Libraries Conclusion: Toward a Sustainable Case for Librarianship: The Public Sphere and Democratic Possibility Selected Bibliography

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