Forces of Education Walter Benjamin and the Politics of Pedagogy

Dennis Johannßen, "Forces of Education: Walter Benjamin and the Politics of Pedagogy "
English | ISBN: 135027416X | 2022 | 248 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Bringing Walter Benjamin into dialogue with the urgent issues facing educational institutions today, this is the first comprehensive exploration of his philosophy of education and pedagogy.

In recent years, problems concerning the practice of education have become central to the critical discourse in the humanities: from debates regarding "deplatforming" and the redefinition of free speech on campus to the digitization of learning and the ethics of mentorship. But where do we go from here? This volume argues that Walter Benjamin’s writing offers critical tools to rethink the
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