Simons / Masschelein Rancière, Public Education and the Taming of Democracy

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-9385-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten, E-Book

Rancière, Public Education and the Taming of Democracyintroduces the political and educational ideas of JacquesRancière, a leading philosopher increasingly important ineducational theory. In light of his ideas, the volume explores thecurrent concern for democracy and equality in relation toeducation.
* The book introduces and discusses the works of JacquesRancière, a leading philosopher increasingly important in thefield of educational theory and philosophy
* The volume will have a broad appeal to those in the field ofeducation theory and philosophy, and those concerned withdemocracy, equal opportunities and pedagogy
* Balanced in its introduction of the political and educationalideas of this author and in its exploration in line with his workof some important issues in education and policy today
* Contributors from diverse countries and intellectual andcultural backgrounds, including the UK, US, Belgium, Sweden, Spain,France, Canada

Autoren/Hrsg.

Simons, Maarten

Masschelein, Jan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors.
Foreword (Michael A. Peters).
1. Introduction: Hatred of Democracy ... and of the Public Roleof Education? (Maarten Simons and Jan Masschelein).
2. The Public Role of Teaching: To Keep the Door Closed(Goele Cornelissen).
3. Learner, Student, Speaker: Why It Matters How We Call ThoseWe Teach (Gert Biesta).
4. Ignorance and Translation, 'Artifacts' forPractices of Equality (Marc Derycke).
5. Democratic Education: An (im)possibility That Yet Remains toCome (Daniel Friedrich, Bryn Jaastad and Thomas S.Popkewitz)
6. Governmental, Political and Pedagogic Subjectivation:Foucault with Rancière (Maarten Simons and JanMasschelein).
7. The Immigrant Has No Proper Name: The Disease of ConsensualDemocracy Within the Myth of Schooling (Carl AndersSäfström).
8. Queer Politics in Schools: A Rancièrean Reading(Claudia W. Ruitenberg).
9. Paulo Freire's Last Laugh: Rethinking CriticalPedagogy's Funny Bone Through Jacques Rancière (TysonEdward Lewis).
10. Settling no Conflict in the Public Place: Truth inEducation, and in Rancièrean Scholarship (CharlesBingham).
11. The Hatred of Public Schooling: The School as the Mark ofDemocracy (Jan Masschelein and Maarten Simons).
12. Endgame: Reading, Writing, Talking (and Perhaps Thinking) ina Faculty of Education (Jorge Larrosa).
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Maarten Simons is Professor at the Centre for Philosophy ofEducation, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. His researchinterests include educational policy, political and socialphilosophy and educational theory, with a specific focus on newmodes of governance, globalisation/Europeanization and the publicrole of (higher) education and teachers. His recentpublications include The Learning Society from the Perspectiveof Governmentality (ed., Blackwell, 2007) and Re-readingEducation Policies: Studying the Policy Agenda of the 21stCentury (ed., 2009).
Jan Masschelein is Professor for Philosophy of Educationat the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. His primary areas ofscholarship are educational theory, social and politicalphilosophy, and critical theory. His research currently focuses onthe 'public' role of education (both secondary and highereducation) in the age of networks and on 'mapping' and 'walking' ascritical research practices. His recent publications include TheLearning Society from the Perspective of Governmentality (ed.,Blackwell, 2007).