Curriculum and the Problem of Violence - Biopolitics, Truth, History and Fascism

This book is a genealogical inquiry into the present problem of violence in the US and internationally, which reflects a constellation of problems including war, authoritarianism, post-truth, social disparities, and increasingly onerous surveillance technologies.

List of contents

1. Introduction  2. Problematising Violence  3. Curriculum Studies, Genealogy, and the Power of Life and Death  4. Regeneration through Violence  5. Bringing War Home  6. The Great Replacement: International Ethnonationalism  7. Non-Violence and the Future of Democracy  8. Affirmative Biopower, Truth, and the Prophetic  9 Epilogue: The Return to the Self

About the author

James P. Burns is an Associate Professor of Education at Florida International University, USA.

Product details

• Authors: James P. Burns, James P. (Florida International University Burns
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032303703
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3230370-3
• No. of pages: 162
• Series: Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Ethnic Studies, EDUCATION / General, Sociology, Religion: general, Educational strategies & policy, Moral and social purpose of education, Teaching of a specific subject, Armed Conflict, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity