Touch of the Present - Educational Encounters, Aesthetics, and the Politics of the Senses

Explores the importance of the body and the senses in educational encounters, drawing out the aesthetic and political dimensions of educational practices.

About the author

Sharon Todd is Professor of Education at Maynooth University in Ireland. Her many books include Toward an Imperfect Education: Facing Humanity, Rethinking Cosmopolitanism and Learning from the Other: Levinas, Psychoanalysis, and Ethical Possibilities in Education, also published by SUNY Press.

Product details

• Authors: Sharon Todd, Todd Sharon
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9781438492179
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-9217-9
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Suny Series, Transforming Subj; SUNY series, Transforming Subjects: Psychoanalysis, Culture, and Studies in Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, Philosophy of Mind, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, Philosophy: aesthetics, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education