Benign Violence: Education in and beyond the Age of Reason (Hardcover)

Education is a violent act, yet this violence is concealed by its good intent. Education presents itself as a distinctly improving, enabling practice. Even its most radical critics assume that education is, at core, an incontestable social good. Setting education in its political context, this book, now in paperback, offers a history of good intentions, ranging from the birth of modern schooling and modern examination, to the rise (and fall) of meritocracy. In challenging all that is well-intentioned in education, it reveals how our educational commitments are always underwritten by violence. Our highest ideals have the lowest origins. Seeking to unsettle a settled conscience, Benign Violence: Education in and beyond the Age of Reason is designed to disturb the reader. Education constitutes us as subjects; we owe our existence to its violent inscriptions. Those who refuse or rebel against our educational present must begin by objecting to the subjects we have become.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2014
First published:	2014
Authors:	Ansgar Allen
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	289
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-27285-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-137-27285-6
Barcode:	9781137272850

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