{"product_id":"forces-of-education-dennis-johannen-9781350274167","title":"Forces of Education: Walter Benjamin and the Politics of Pedagogy","description":"\u003cp\u003eBringing 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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 \u003ci\u003epurposes \u003c\/i\u003eof education and the \u003ci\u003einstitutional forms \u003c\/i\u003eit should assume. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaching from his earliest writings during his involvement with the antebellum German Youth Movement to his late essays on history, theatre, and new media, the authors here explore how Benjamin argued against education as an institutional task subject to a scientific discipline. They show instead how he took his cue from language as a medium of subtle understanding to critically analyze the forms of violence inherent in the concept and history of education. For Benjamin, education was the lever to political reform. For him, the experience of youth should always be at the centre of considerations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten by leading international scholars, \u003ci\u003eWalter Benjamin and Education\u003c\/i\u003e both contextualizes Benjamin's pedagogy in the trajectory of his own thought and also offers an astute analysis of the value and relevance of his student-focused ideas to the institutional and political challenges of today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dennis Johannﾟen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 135027416X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350274167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Dennis Johannﾟen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44071409811711,"sku":"9781350274167","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d193c505-ee5e-4b74-85f1-51ec22e677c1.jpg?v=1685435930","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/forces-of-education-dennis-johannen-9781350274167","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}