Jacques Ranciere: Education, Truth, Emancipation - Softcover

Bingham, Charles; Biesta, Gert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1441132163 ISBN 13: 9781441132161

Publisher: Continuum, 2010

Synopsis

Winner - AERA 2011 Outstanding Book Award

Jacques Rancière: Education, Truth, Emancipation demonstrates the importance of Rancière's work for educational theory, and in turn, it shows just how central Rancière's educational thought is to his work in political theory and aesthetics. Charles Bingham and Gert Biesta illustrate brilliantly how philosophy can benefit from Rancière's particular way of thinking about education, and go on to offer their own provocative account of the relationship between education, truth, and emancipation. Including a new essay by Rancière himself, this book is a must-read for scholars of social theory and all who profess to educate.

About this title

About the Author:

Gert Biesta is part-time Professor of Education, Brunel University London, UK, and Visiting Professor (Art Education) at ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, the Netherlands. He is editor-in-chief of Studies in Philosophy and Education.

Review:

"By showing how the relationship between education and emancipation can be thought of as political, rather than psychological or sociological, Bingham and Biesta put into question many received educational ideas, for example about what 'school improvement' means and what is involved in 'inclusive pedagogy'. The book's argument and experimentations with concepts such as 'police', 'politics' and 'disagreement' vividly portray the relevance of Ranciere's thought for contemporary education practice, policy-making and philosophy." — Caroline Pellatier, Institute of Education, University of London, UK

“By showing how the relationship between education and emancipation can be thought of as political, rather than psychological or sociological, Bingham and Biesta put into question many received educational ideas, for example about what 'school improvement' means and what is involved in 'inclusive pedagogy'. The book's argument and experimentations with concepts such as 'police', 'politics' and 'disagreement' vividly portray the relevance of Ranciere's thought for contemporary education practice, policy-making and philosophy.” – Caroline Pellatier, Institute of Education, University of London, UK

About this edition

• Publisher: Continuum
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1441132163
• ISBN 13: 9781441132161
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176