{"product_id":"forces-of-education-walter-benjamin-and-the-politics-of-pedagogy-paperback","title":"Forces of Education: Walter Benjamin and the Politics of Pedagogy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDennis Johann?en\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDominik Zechner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDennis Johannßen\u003c\/b\u003e is is Assistant Professor of German in the Department of Languages and Literary Studies at Lafayette College, USA. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eMLN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe German Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZeitschrift für kritische Theorie\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAnthropology and Materialism\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDominik Zechner\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of German at the Department for German, Russian, and East European Languages and Literatures at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and a Post-doctoral Research Associate at Brown University, USA.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 27, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47456416399538,"sku":"9781350274204","price":73.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/402825a7cb6c284613f45038d138c89e.webp?v=1778867264","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/forces-of-education-walter-benjamin-and-the-politics-of-pedagogy-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}