Our Civilizing Mission - The Lessons of Colonial Education

Our Civilizing Mission is both an exploration of colonial education and a response to current anxieties about the foundations of the 'humanities'. Focusing on the example of Algeria, it asks what can be learned by treating colonial education not just as an example of colonialism but as a provocative, uncomfortable example of education.

Summary

Our Civilizing Mission is both an exploration of colonial education and a response to current anxieties about the foundations of the 'humanities'. Focusing on the example of Algeria, it asks what can be learned by treating colonial education not just as an example of colonialism but as a provocative, uncomfortable example of education.

Product details

• Authors: Harrison, Nicholas (Department of French Harrison
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781800854932
• ISBN: 978-1-80085-493-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures; CONTEMPORARY FRENCH AND FRANCO
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries