{"product_id":"forces-of-education-1","title":"Forces of Education","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.                  \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","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54256618897752,"sku":"9781350274167","price":102.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781350274167.jpg?v=1770898531","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/forces-of-education-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}