1. Introduction
For modern societies, the meritocratic ideal that access to social positions should not be determined by descent, but rather by the individual's own skills and motivations, is of central importance. It is easy to see and has been shown by numerous empirical studies (see for … 
critical pedagogy
debating post-critical pedagogy: a conversation in letters
Introduction
This contribution discusses objections to and concerns with the topic of post-critical pedagogy in general and Wortmann’s introduction to the topic in issue 9 of On Education (Wortmann, 2020) in particular. The text started life as an extensive discussion between the two authors via …