Unlocking the World proposes hospitality as a guiding ethic for education. Based on the work of Jacques Derrida, it suggests that giving place to children and newcomers is at the heart of education. The primary responsibility of the host is not to assimilate newcomers into tradition but rather to create or leave a place where they may arrive. Hospitality as a guiding ethic for education is discussed in its many facets, including the decentered conception of subjectivity on which it relies, the way it casts the relation between teacher and student, and its conception of curriculum as an inheritance that asks for a critical reception. The book examines the relation between an ethic of hospitality and the educational contexts in which it would guide practice. Since these contexts are marked by gender, culture, and language, it asks how such differences affect enactments of hospitality. Since hospitality typically involves a power difference between host and guest, the book addresses how an ethic of hospitality accounts for power, whether it is appropriate for educational contexts marked by colonialism, and how it might guide education aimed at social justice.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9781612057804
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209349590
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Political Science
Author
Claudia w. Ruitenberg
Publication Name
Unlocking the World: Education in an Ethic of Hospitality
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
178 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
408g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Claudia w. Ruitenberg
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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