Hirstian

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to Paul Hirst (1946-2003), British sociologist and political theorist.

    "But, secondly, such problems also affect any uncritical acceptance of a general Hirstian conception of the school curriculum as a set of relatively discrete disciplines—since it is clear from relatively recent educational history that this is not the only available curriculum conception."

  2. 2
    Of or relating to Damien Hirst (born 1965), English artist.

    "Wotton explicitly lampoons conceptual art, but implicitly it is a Hirstian vision of sex and decay which runs throughout the novel and which informs a series of moments where the flesh is emphasised."

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"But, secondly, such problems also affect any uncritical acceptance of a general Hirstian conception of the school curriculum as a set of relatively discrete disciplines—since it is clear from relatively recent educational history that this is not the only available curriculum conception."

Etymology

From Hirst + -ian.

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