Derrida, deconstruction, and the politics of pedagogy
By: Michael A. Peters, Gert Biesta.
Contributors: Biesta, Gert.
Series: Counterpoints: studies in the postmodern theory of education, 323
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9781433100093
Subjects: Derrida, Jacques; Deconstruction; Education
Description: "With an up-to-date synopsis, review, and critique of his writings, this book demonstrates Jacques Derrida's almost singular power to reconceptualize and reimagine the humanities, and examines his humanism in relation to politics and pedagogy."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The promise of politics and pedagogy / Michael A. Peters and Gert Biesta; title: Deconstruction, justice, and the vocation of education / Gert Biesta; title: Derrida as a profound humanist / Michael A. Peters; title: Derrida, Nietzsche, and the return to the subject / Michael A. Peters; title: From critique to deconstruction : Derrida as a critical philosopher / Gert Biesta; title: Education after deconstruction : between event and invention / Gert Biesta; title: The university and the future of the humanities / Michael A. Peters; title: Welcome! postscript on hospitality, cosmopolitanism, and the other / Michael A. Peters.