| Walter Benjamin's Antifascist Education: From Riddles to Radio Contributor(s): Lewis, Tyson E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1438477511 ISBN-13: 9781438477510 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Individual Philosophers - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 370.1 |
| LCCN: 2019036255 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 258 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Walter Benjamin's Antifascist Education is the first comprehensive analysis of educational themes across the entirety of the critical theorist's diverse writings. Starting with Benjamin's early reflections on teaching and learning, Tyson E. Lewis argues that the aesthetic and cultural forms to which Benjamin so often turned--namely, radio broadcasts, children's theatrical productions, collections, cityscapes, public cinemas, and word games--swell with educational potentialities. What emerges from Lewis's reading is a constellational curriculum composed of minor practices such as poor teaching, absentminded learning, and nondurational studying. This curriculum carries political significance, offering an antidote to past and present forms of fascist manipulation, hardness, and coldness. Walter Benjamin's Antifascist Education is a testimony to Benjamin's belief that "everyone is an educator and everyone needs to be educated and everything is education." |