Socially Just Pedagogies: Posthumanist, Feminist and Materialist Perspectives in Higher Education Contributor(s): Braidotti, Rosi (Editor), Bozalek, Vivienne (Editor), Shefer, Tamara (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1350143804 ISBN-13: 9781350143807 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $46.48 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Philosophy | Social - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects |
Dewey: 306.432 |
Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.81 lbs) 264 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book addresses contemporary philosophical issues in higher education and how we can create socially just pedagogies and a socially just university. Providing a forum for thinking through how critical posthumanism, affect theory and feminist new materialisms provide a useful lens for higher education, and shows how these standpoints can benefit methods and practices of learning and teaching. Gross inequalities in higher education continue to affect pedagogical practices across geopolitical contexts and there is a need to consider new theories which call into question the commonplace humanist assumptions currently dominating the discourse around social justice in this context. However scholarship on the affective turn, critical posthumanism and new material feminisms, opens both new possibilities and responsibilities for higher education pedagogies. The approaches of this book also provide imaginative ways of engaging with current dissatisfactions with higher education, from the marketization of education, to issues of racism, discrimination and lack of diversity. Of international relevance, this collection particularly foreground southern contexts and case studies, such as the student activism in South African universities that has sparked a global project of decolonization and social justice in educational institutions. This book is an urgent call to reconceptualize, rethink and reconfigure pedagogies in higher education and the implications for future citizenship and social participation. |