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The theory of cosmopolitanism is built on a paradoxical commitment
to a universal idea of humanity and to a respect for human
pluralism. Toward an Imperfect Education critiques the assumed
"goodness" of humans that underwrites the idea of humanity and
explores how antagonistic human interactions such as conflict,
violence, and suffering are a fundamental aspect of life in a
pluralistic world. This book proposes that the inescapable
difference between humans compels our ethical and political
observations in education. Todd persuasively argues that facing
humanity in all its complexity and imperfection ought to be a
central element of the cosmopolitan project to create a more just
and humane education. Informed primarily by poststructural
philosophy and feminist theory, she focuses on how sexual,
cultural, and religious difference intersect with universal claims
made in the name of humanity. Individual chapters develop a novel
framework for dealing with antagonism in relation to human rights,
democracy, citizenship, and cross-cultural understanding.
How does ethics influence the myriad ways we engage difference
within educational settings? Learning from the Other presents a
philosophical investigation into the ethical possibilities of
education, especially social justice education. In this original
treatment, Sharon Todd rethinks the ethical basis of responsibility
as emerging out of the everyday and complex ways we engage
difference within educational settings. She works through the
implications of the productive tension between the thought of
Emmanuel Levinas and that of Sigmund Freud, Melanie Klein, Judith
Butler, Cornelius Castoriadis, and others. Challenging the idea
that knowledge about the other is the answer to questions of
responsibility, she proposes that responsibility is rooted instead
in a learning from the other. The author focuses on empathy, love,
guilt, and listening to highlight the complex nature of learning
from difference and to probe where the conditions for ethical
possibility might lie.
The theory of cosmopolitanism is built on a paradoxical commitment
to a universal idea of humanity and to a respect for human
pluralism. Toward an Imperfect Education critiques the assumed
"goodness" of humans that underwrites the idea of humanity and
explores how antagonistic human interactions such as conflict,
violence, and suffering are a fundamental aspect of life in a
pluralistic world. This book proposes that the inescapable
difference between humans compels our ethical and political
observations in education. Todd persuasively argues that facing
humanity in all its complexity and imperfection ought to be a
central element of the cosmopolitan project to create a more just
and humane education. Informed primarily by poststructural
philosophy and feminist theory, she focuses on how sexual,
cultural, and religious difference intersect with universal claims
made in the name of humanity. Individual chapters develop a novel
framework for dealing with antagonism in relation to human rights,
democracy, citizenship, and cross-cultural understanding.
What role can desire play in pedagogical interaction? In Learning Desire, contributors from the fields of education, cultural studies, psychoanalysis and literary theory explore the many ways desire intersects with knowledge, recognition, fantasy, and embodiment, and what this can mean for transformative pedagogical practice. While acknowledging the productive and destructive force desire can have on the learning experience, the authors offer engaging, innovative modes of thinking about teaching and thinking about desire as an education tool. This volume, rooted in theory, is one also geared towards practice; in taking a fresh look at the limits and possibilities of a transformative pedagogy, it will also give teachers and students new languages for articulating their experiences in the classroom and beyond.
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