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List of contents
Preface: In All Things of Nature There is Something Wonderful’, Amanda Fulford (Edge Hill University, UK)
Foreword: Community Engaged Philosophy for Lifelong Learning, Eric Weber (University of Kentucky, USA)
List of Contributors
List of Abbreviations
Part One: Philosophy and Community: Theories
1. Understanding Philosophy in Communities: The Spaces, People, Politics and Philosophy of Community Philosophy, Steve Bramall (Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, UK)
2. Relocation and Population: Why Community Philosophy Matters, Grace Lockrobin (Founder of Thinking Space, UK)
3. Registers of Community: Policy Discourse, Subjectivity, and Coming to Terms with our Conditions, Naomi Hodgson (Liverpool Hope University, UK)
4. Keeping the Conversation Going: A Pragmatist Assessment of the Value of Public Philosophy, William Pamerleau (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
5. Community Philosophy and Social Action, Graeme Tiffany (Informal and Community Education Consultant, UK)
6. Philosophy, Dialogue and the Creation of Community, Amanda Fulford (Edge Hill University, UK)
7. Beyond Walls: The Redemption of Philosophy, Richard Smith (University of Durham, UK)
Part Two: Philosophy and Community: Practices
8. In Philosophical Conversation With: Art Audiences, Grace Lockrobin (Founder of Thinking Space, UK)
9. In Philosophical Conversation With: Professionals, Jim Baxter (University of Leeds, UK)
10. In Philosophical Conversation With: New and Beginning Teachers, Janet Orchard (University of Bristol, UK) and Ruth Heilbronn (University College London, UK)and Carrie Winstanley (Roehampton University, UK)
11. In Philosophical Conversation With: Learning-Disabled Performers, Nick Wiltsher (University of Antwerp, Belgium)and Aaron Meskin (University of Leeds, UK)
12. In Philosophical Conversation With: People in Prison ? Beyond Rehabilitation, Andy West (The Philosophy Foundation, UK) and Kirstine Szifris (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
13. In Philosophical Conversation With: Philosophy Ireland ? Building a National P4C Network, Charlotte Blease, (Harvard Medical School, USA)
14. In Philosophical Conversation With: A Diverse Group of Adults ? ‘Dwelling Together in Diverse Spaces’, Darren Chetty (Founder of #HipHopEd Seminar Series, UK) and Abigail Bentley (University College London, UK) and Adam Ferner (Independent, UK)
15. In Philosophical Conversation With: Undergraduate Students and a Local School Community, Elizabeth Watkins, (Philosophy Practitioner at Thinking Space CIC, UK)
16. In Philosophical Conversation With: Adolescents in a Behavioural Health Unit, Alissa Hurwitz Swota (University of Florida, USA) and Michael De La Hunt (Wolfson Children’s Hospital, USA)
Part Three: Philosophy and Community: Possibilities
17. Coda, Amanda Fulford (Edge Hill University, UK) and Richard Smith (University of Durham, UK)
Afterword: Thoughts on Moving Philosophy, ‘Outside’, Graeme Tiffany (Informal and Community Education Consultant, UK)
About the author
Amanda Fulford is Head of the Department of Professional Learning and Professor of Philosophy of Education at Edge Hill University, UK. She is the co-author of Philosophy and Theory in Educational Research: Writing in the Margin (2016), and has published in leading journals such as Journal of Philosophy of Education; Ethics and Education; Educational Theory, and Studies in Philosophy and Education.RICHARD SMITH is Senior Lecturer, School of Education, at the University of Durham, England, and is editor of the Journal of Philosophy of Education.
Summary
‘Why should we care about philosophy?’
Public philosophy, or ‘doing philosophy’ in the community, is an important and growing trend – revealed not only by the phenomenon of the Parisian philosophy café, but also the contemporary rise of multiple grassroots projects, for example the Philosophy in Pubs movement. This book is the first to offer academic examination of the theoretical contributions and practical applications of community philosophy.
Bringing together voices from diverse contexts and subject areas, from activism and political action to religious environments, arts organisations and museums to maximum security prisons, this collection asks key questions about the point of making philosophy available for everyone: ‘How do you “do philosophy” with the public?’; 'Is philosophy in the community the same as academic philosophy?’; ‘Why is community philosophy important?'
Including contributions from practitioners and researchers from professional philosophy, education, healthcare, and community philosophy, this collection offers perspectives on a growing area of study. It offers a timely and critical introduction to, and analysis of, what philosophy can be when grounded in socially-engaged activities.
Foreword
The first collection to show the importance doing philosophy in the community, and it's influence on public heath, education and social well-being.
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Philosophy and Community makes a powerful case for philosophical analysis, argument and imagination to be practised within communities, rather than simply applied to them. To be effective, public philosophy needs to be properly understood, and by rigorously examining both theory and practice, this important work helps unlock the rich potential of philosophy to enhance communal flourishing.
