Derrida, Deconstruction, and the Politics of Pedagogy (Counterpoints)
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Jacques Derrida is, arguably, the foremost philosopher of the humanities and their place in the university. Over his long career he was concerned with the humanities' fate, status, place, and contribution. Through his deconstructive readings and writings, Derrida reinvented the Western tradition by attending closely to those texts which constitute it. He redefined its procedures and protocols, questioning and commenting upon the relationship between commentary and interpretation, the practice of quotation, the delimitation of a work and its singularity, its signature, and its context: the whole form of life of literary culture, together with the textual practices and conventions that shape it. From early in his career, Derrida occupied a marginal in-between space - simultaneously textual, literary, philosophical, and political - a space that permitted him a freedom to question, to speculate, and to draw new limits to humanitas. With an up-to-date synopsis, review, and critique of his writings, this book demonstrates Derrida's almost singular power to reconceptualize and reimagine the humanities, and examines his humanism in relation to politics and pedagogy.
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Jacques Derrida is, arguably, the foremost philosopher of the humanities and their place in the university. Over his long career he was concerned with the humanities' fate, status, place, and contribution. Through his deconstructive readings and writings, Derrida reinvented the Western tradition by attending closely to those texts which constitute it. He redefined its procedures and protocols, questioning and commenting upon the relationship between commentary and interpretation, the practice of quotation, the delimitation of a work and its singularity, its signature, and its context: the whole form of life of literary culture, together with the textual practices and conventions that shape it. From early in his career, Derrida occupied a marginal in-between space - simultaneously textual, literary, philosophical, and political - a space that permitted him a freedom to question, to speculate, and to draw new limits to humanitas. With an up-to-date synopsis, review, and critique of his writings, this book demonstrates Derrida's almost singular power to reconceptualize and reimagine the humanities, and examines his humanism in relation to politics and pedagogy.
Gert Biesta (www.gertbiesta.com) is Professor of Education at the Stirling Institute of Education, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK, and Visiting Professor for Education and Democratic Citizenship at OErebro University and Malardalen University, Sweden. He conducts theoretical and empirical research and is particularly interested in the relationships between education, democracy, and democratization. He has published on the philosophy and methodology of educational research; relationships between research, policy, and practice; theories of education; democratic learning in everyday settings; vocational education and lifelong learning; teachers' professional learning; and the civic role of Higher Education. His recent books include Derrida & Education (coedited with Denise Egea-Kuehne; 2001), Pragmatism and Educational Research (with Nicholas C. Burbules; 2003), Beyond Learning: Democratic Education for a Human Future (2006), Improving Learning Cultures in Further Education (with David James; 2007), Democracy, Education and the Moral Life (coedited with Michael Katz & Susan Verducci; 2008), Contexts, Communities and Networks (coedited with Richard Edwards & Mary Thorpe; 2008).
Title: Derrida, Deconstruction, and the Politics of Pedagogy (Counterpoints)
Author: Gert J J Biesta, Michael A. Peters
ISBN: 9781433100093
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Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Publication Date: 2008-12-04
Number of Pages: 150
Weight: 0.2405 kg
Since the beginning of his writing, Jacques Derrida was committed to deconstructing the political ground of education and its institutions to show the relations of power and knowledge underlying pedagogy. And yet, this aspect of Derrida's work has been relatively marginalized in discussions of his texts by critics who have chosen to situate deconstruction as a form of reading or writing. In 'Derrida, Deconstruction, and the Politics of Pedagogy', Michael A. Peters and Gert Biesta remind us that deconstruction is above all a way to engage the politics of cultural institutions and social practices like the educational system by re-examining the theoretical presuppositions of the ideas and methods we use to build our pedagogies around. It is a must-read for anyone interested in Derrida studies. (Peter Pericles Trifonas, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto)
This wide-ranging, thought-provoking, and challenging book is well-organized and its argument is clearly and concisely presented. It is usually difficult to propose something new that brilliantly refines tested and proven ways. Readers of this well-crafted, lucidly-written book will benefit from Michael A. Peters and Gert Biesta's enormous grasp of both Derrida's oeuvre, and of the key figures without whose engagements it would not be what it is. 'Derrida, Deconstruction, and the Politics of Pedagogy' is a significant contribution to the field of Derrida scholarship. (George Lazaroiu, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief, 'Review of Contemporary Philosophy')
Michael A. Peters' and Gert Biesta's book first explores Derrida's philosophy in the eyes of foes and friends. It then follows a nuanced and generously humane analysis of key concepts in Derrida's work in their bearing on politics and education today. The transparent text guides the reader towards a well-argued view for a different future for general education in a time of its much-needed renewal. This is a rare and well-written book and a fine contribution to the philosophy of education by two of its expert scholars. (Lars Lovlie, Professor of Philosophy of Education, Institute for Educational Research, University of Oslo)
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