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The author writes: My aim in this essay is to show why we should hold 'unlearning' to be a crucial 'capability' in and for education at this point in our history. Essentially, I argue that it enables to pose and take seriously the problem of 'governmentality': How are we governed - individually and collectively? Do we wish to be governed in this or that way, to this or that extent, so much, so little, or so badly, under these or those conditions? Or do we wish instead to be self-governed and thereby practice our freedom and be more autonomous, relatively speaking?As such, it puts in question in a radical way the twin pillars of the so-called 'contemporary consensus' - 'representative (liberal or social) democracy' and 'capitalism' - and makes it possible to take a critical measure of their limits, insufficiencies, and irremediable deficits. Only an unmitigated advocacy of 'unlearning' can bring about a paradigm shift that can move us from the present system of (mis)education as it evolved in modernity and post modernity to education-as-paideia in the 21st century.Inscribed within a redefined transitional politics of resistance and autonomy, and a framework for emancipatory education, it furthermore enables us to envision and apprehend properly the normative connections between education-as-paideia, critical and self-reflective citizenship, 'democracy to come' (or radical and inclusive democracy), and social justice. Such a conception is underwritten and supported by a critical role for a (re conceived and transformed) philosophy, after the end of Philosophy, whose main task, if it is still to be relevant today, ought to be 'mediocrity-and-bullshit' detection and busting.

About the Author :
Nader N. Chokr was professor of philosophy at Shandong University until his move to Oslo in autumn 2008. He is thought to have been the first foreign philosopher (he is a US citizen) in recent times to have been appointed full-time at a Chinese University.

Review :
"I share a sympathy with many of Chokr's starting points... I found the dissection of the etymological roots of 'education' informative, the stress on the need for ethical rather then logical justifications appealing and the reading of Plato persuasive." -- Dr Ben Saunders, Oxford University "It is a bracing breath of fresh air." The Scientific and Medical Network "Chokr's work provokes the reader, particularly those in the education world, to re-examine their assumptions concerning the ways that education can enpower citizens." -- Jamie Mussante Political Studies


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781845401641
  • Publisher: Imprint Academic
  • Publisher Imprint: Imprint Academic
  • Height: 210 mm
  • No of Pages: 96
  • Series Title: Societas
  • Sub Title: Or how NOT to be governed?
  • Width: 135 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1845401646
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2009
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 9 mm
  • Weight: 200 gr


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