Unlearning - Imprint Academic

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The aim of this book is to show why we should hold 'unlearning' to be a crucial ‘capability’ in and for education at this point in our history. The author argues that it enables to pose and take seriously the problem of ‘governmentality’: How are we governed — individually and collectively? Do we wish to be governed in this or that way, to this or that extent, so much, so little, or so badly, under these or those conditions? Or do we wish instead to be self-governed and thereby practice our freedom and be more autonomous, relatively speaking? As such, it puts in question in a radical way the twin pillars of the so-called ‘contemporary consensus’ — ‘representative (liberal or social) democracy’ and ‘capitalism’ — and makes it possible to take a critical measure of their limits, insufficiencies, and irremediable deficits.
Jul 21, 2009

Credit: Dr Ben Saunders, Oxford University

"I share a sympathy with many of Chokr's starting points... I found the dissection of the etymological roots of 'education' informative, the stress on the need for ethical rather then logical justifications appealing and the reading of Plato persuasive."

Source: The Scientific and Medical Network

"It is a bracing breath of fresh air."

Source: Political Studies

Credit: Jamie Mussante

"Chokr's work provokes the reader, particularly those in the education world, to re-examine their assumptions concerning the ways that education can enpower citizens."
Paperback
- Publication Date: 01 February 2009
- ISBN-13: 9781845401641
- Extent: Main content page count : 96
- Code: 1845401646
- Dimensions: 13.5 x 21 x 0.9 cm
- Weight: 200 grams
- List Price: £8.95
- ONIX Version 2.1, Version 3

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Title: Unlearning
Subtitle: Or how NOT to be governed?
Author: Nader N. Chokr
Collection: Societas
Language: English
Publisher: Imprint Academic
Imprint: Societas

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