Affect and the Rise of Right-Wing Populism - Pedagogies for the Renewal of Democratic Education

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. Scanning the Political Landscape of Right-Wing Populism: 1. The politics of shame in the age of Trump; 2. 'Trump Pedagogy' and the effective modes of right-wing populism; 3. The affective grounding of post-truth claims; 4. The (un)making of microfascism in schools and classrooms; Part II. Renewing Democratic Education: 5; Affirmative critique as a response to post-truth claims; 6. Agnostic emotiions/affects to counter far right rhetoric; 7. Reinvigorating the affective atmospheres of democratic education; Part III. Inventing Affective Pedagogies for Democratic Education: 8; Nuturing political emotions in the classroom; 9. Towards shared responsibility without invoking collective spirit; 10. Re-invisioning the sentimental in pedagogical discourse and practice; 11. For an anti-complicity pedagogy; Epilogue.

About the author

Michalinos Zembylas is Professor of Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies at the Open University of Cyprus as well as Honorary Professor and Chair for Critical Studies in Higher Education Transformation at Nelson Mandela University, South Africa. In 2016, he received the Distinguished Researcher Award in 'Social Sciences and Humanities' from the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation.

Summary

This book is suitable for academics and policy-makers in the political sciences and education sectors. It applies new theories to democratic education and presents pedagogical insights on how to address the affective dimensions of the rise of right-wing populism. It also explains the affective complexities involved in combating right-wing populism.

Product details

• Authors: Michalinos Zembylas, Michalinos (Open University of Cyprus) Zembylas, Zembylas Michalinos
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781108838405
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83840-5
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, Educational psychology, Political science & theory, Social, group or collective psychology, Political science and theory