caa a22 4500 475743512 CHVBK 20180406123506.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1004133615477 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1004133615477 Roberts Peter School of Education, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand aut Knowledge, Informationa and Literacy [Elektronische Daten] [Peter Roberts] This paper problematises the notion of the "knowledge society" found in two recent initiatives: the OECD's International Adult Literacy Survey, and the New Zealand Foresight Project. The author supports a broadening of the concept of literacy, as suggested by the OECD reports, but points to some of the limits of "information" as the focus for such a re-definition. The principle of theorising social and economic futures is also endorsed, but the form this takes in the Foresight Project is seen as unnecessarily restrictive. To date, the Foresight Project can be seen as a synthesis of elements of market liberalism and scientific rationalism. Both projects ignore crucial political and ethical questions in their accounts of the "knowledge society" and the process of globalisation, and both are wedded to a technocratic mode of policy development and planning. The author calls for further critical work on changing patterns of literate activity in the information age, and stresses the importance of contemplating futures other than those driven by the imperatives of global capitalism. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 International Review of Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 46/5(2000-09-01), 433-453 0020-8566 46:5<433 2000 46 11159 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004133615477 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004133615477 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Roberts Peter School of Education, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Review of Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 46/5(2000-09-01), 433-453 0020-8566 46:5<433 2000 46 11159 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer