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Informationen zum Autor John Baldacchino is Professor in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Herner Sæverot is Professor of Education at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway. Klappentext This Handbook is the first reference work to explore and define what continental philosophy of education is and what its boundaries are, serving as an ideal point of entry for those who need an overview of the ideas in the field. The book includes 28 chapters written by leading scholars based in Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, the Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Sweden, Taiwan, the UK and the USA. It is subdivided into three sections covering the metaphysics, ethics and aesthetics of education and the chapters focus on philosophical concepts such otherness, empathy, personhood and problems including political influences on education and the limits of education. The contributors show the educational value of a range of continental thinkers including Julia Kristeva, Luce Irigaray, Martin Heidegger, Jacques Lacan and Michel Foucault, and also look at how their work has influenced Anglophone thinkers such as John Dewey and Maxine Greene. Vorwort The first reference work to explore and define what continental philosophy of education is and what its boundaries are. Zusammenfassung This handbook is the first reference work to explore and define what continental philosophy of education is or could be, and what its boundaries are, serving as a point of entry for those who need an overview of the ideas in the field. The book includes 34 chapters written by leading scholars based in Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Israel,Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Sweden, Taiwan, the UK and the USA. It is subdivided into three sections covering the metaphysics, ethics and aesthetics of education and the chapters focus on philosophical concepts such as otherness, empathy and personhood and problems including political influences on education and the limits of education. The contributors discuss a range of continental thinkers and look at how their work has influenced the wider field of philosophy of education. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: A Language, a Place or None, John Baldacchino (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) and Herner Saeverot (Western Norway University, Norway) Part I: Metaphysical Questions 1. Philosophy and the Misunderstanding of Education: An Essay on the Need for Educational Theory, Gert Biesta (Maynooth University, Ireland) 2. The Truth in Education, Brian Grassom 3. Toward An Understanding of Teaching Through Indirect Communication, Benson Fraser (Virginia Wesleyan University, USA) and William J. Brown (Regent University, USA) 4. The Idea of Free Will and the Self in Education, Mariann Solberg ( UiT the Arctic University of Norway, Norway) 5. The Modern Paradox of Education in the Light of Non-Affirmative Education Theory, Michael Uljens (Åbo Akademi University, Finland) 6. Bildung: A Paradoxical Concept, Merete Wiberg (Aarhus University, Denmark) 7. Taking Appearance in Education Seriously: Transforming Bortoft's Wisdom To Education, Daan Buijs (Wageningen University, Netherlands) and Herner Saeverot (Western Norway University, Norway) 8. The Longing for and Illusion of Independence: On Modernity's Neglect of Relations and Its Consequences for Education, Birgit Schaffar (University of Helsinki, Finland) 9. The Metaphysical Turn in Philosophy of Education, Richard Smith (Durham University, UK) 10. Tahar ben Jelloun's Existential Philosophy and the Postcolonial Condition: Implications for...
