Derrida, deconstruction, and the politics of pedagogy / Michael A. Peters and Gert Biesta.

Author
Peters, Michael (Michael A.), 1948- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Peter Lang, c2009.
Description
viii, 150 p. ; 23 cm.

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    "With an up-to-date synopsis, review, and critique of his writings, this book demonstrates Jacques Derrida's almost singular power to reconceptualize and reimagine the humanities, and examines his humanism in relation to politics and pedagogy."--Jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Action note
    Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
    Contents
    • Introduction: The promise of politics and pedagogy / Michael A. Peters and Gert Biesta
    • Deconstruction, justice, and the vocation of education / Gert Biesta
    • Derrida as a profound humanist / Michael A. Peters
    • Derrida, Nietzsche, and the return to the subject / Michael A. Peters
    • From critique to deconstruction : Derrida as a critical philosopher / Gert Biesta
    • Education after deconstruction : between event and invention / Gert Biesta
    • The university and the future of the humanities / Michael A. Peters
    • Welcome! postscript on hospitality, cosmopolitanism, and the other / Michael A. Peters.
    ISBN
    • 9781433100093 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    • 1433100096 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    LCCN
    ^^2008043974
    OCLC
    263497930
    RCP
    H - S
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