Abstract
ABSTRACT This article characterises the global education policy (GEP) field and interrogates its theoretical foundations. It does so by looking closely at the work of Pierre Bourdieu, upon whom GEP scholars of have extensively drawn. It is shown that, although research regularly addresses the political, economic, and symbolic aspects of GEP, the onto-epistemic, religio-spiritual, or cosmological dimension is typically left out of view. Due to Bourdieu’s own grounding in the study of Catholicism and its rise to prominence – from which the concept of ‘field’ originally emerged – the article argues that the GEP field can be seen as a religious drama playing out on the stage of Christian modernity. This article also situates the focus of each paper in this special issue vis-à-vis recent scholarship. A final section concludes by further reflecting on implications and ways forward for the GEP field.
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