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This is an astonishing book, dazzling in the way it interweaves politics, culture, history and economics to challenge the dominant neo-liberal interpretation of lifelong learning as lifelong schooling for global capitalism. The author argues that lifelong learning is irredeemably normative, central to living a full and satisfying life.Such a life demands freedom from homophobia, xenophobia, racism, ableism, sexism and heteronormativity--all the forces, ideologies and structures that diminish us all. He charts how lifelong educators can engage in critical action to confront these forces in an analysis that is international and historical in scope, weaves auto-ethnography with powerful descriptions of practice, and is distinguished throughout by a compelling, passionate, and refreshingly partisan advocacy. This is a book that should not be missed by anyone interested in what it means to educate ourselves, and others, to live in a world that places compassion and justice above profit, exclusion and exploitation. -- Stephen Brookfield, Distinguished University Professor, School of Education, University of St. Thomas

This is an astonishing book, dazzling in the way it interweaves politics, culture, history and economics to challenge the dominant neo-liberal interpretation of lifelong learning as lifelong schooling for global capitalism. The author argues that lifelong learning is irredeemably normative, central to living a full and satisfying life. Such a life demands freedom from homophobia, xenophobia, racism, ableism, sexism and heteronormativity-all the forces, ideologies and structures that diminish us all. He charts how lifelong educators can engage in critical action to confront these forces in an analysis that is international and historical in scope, weaves auto-ethnography with powerful descriptions of practice, and is distinguished throughout by a compelling, passionate, and refreshingly partisan advocacy. This is a book that should not be missed by anyone interested in what it means to educate ourselves, and others, to live in a world that places compassion and justice above profit, exclusion and exploitation. - Stephen Brookfield, Distinguished University Professor, School of Education, University of St. Thomas

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Andre P. Grace is Killam Professor and Director of the Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services at the University of Alberta, where he also teaches in the Department of Educational Policy Studies. He was recently named Canada Research Chair in Sexual and Gender Minority Studies.

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