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Author Lewis, Tyson E

Title The aesthetics of education : theatre, curiosity, and politics in the work of Jacques Ranciere and Paulo Freire
Published New York : Continuum International Publishing Group, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (201 pages)
Contents FC; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Aesthetics of Education; Chapter One: From Stultification to Emancipation: Althusser avec Rancière; Chapter Two: Aesthetic Metaphors: Teaching, Theatre, and Democracy; Chapter Three: The Beautiful and the Sublime in the Pedagogy of the Oppressed; Intermission: Equality, Freedom, and Emancipation: A Casefor Pedagogical Dramaturgy; Chapter Four: The Aesthetics of Curiosity; Chapter Five: The Knowledge of Ignorance; Chapter Six: The Future of the Image in Critical Pedagogy; Chapter Seven: Freire's Last Laugh
Conclusion: Death and Democracy in Education: Freire'sEaster RevisitedBibliography; Index
Summary This innovative book examines the aesthetic event of education. Extending beyond the pedagogy of art or art appreciation, Tyson E. Lewis takes a much broader view of aesthetics and argues that teaching and learning are themselves aesthetic performances. As Jacques Ranciere has recently argued, there is an inherent connection between aesthetics and politics, both of which disrupt conventional distributions of who can speak and think. Here, Lewis extends Ranciere''s general thesis to examine how there is not only an aesthetics of politics but also an aesthetics of education. In particular,
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Freire, Paulo, 1921-1997
Rancière, Jacques.
Freire, Paulo, 1921-1997
Rancière, Jacques
Rancière, Jacques 1940-
Freire, Paulo 1921-1997
Critical pedagogy.
Democracy and education.
Theater -- Political aspects.
Philosophy: aesthetics.
Philosophy & theory of education.
Moral & social purpose of education.
EDUCATION -- Essays.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION -- Reference.
Critical pedagogy
Democracy and education
Theater -- Political aspects
Kunsterziehung
Theater
Demokratie
Politische Philosophie
Ästhetik
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012020262
ISBN 9781441118264
1441118268
9781441163738
1441163735