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Inhuman Educations : Jean-François Lyotard, Pedagogy, Thought /

Ford, Derek R.,

Inhuman Educations : Jean-François Lyotard, Pedagogy, Thought / Jean-François Lyotard, Pedagogy, Thought Derek R. Ford. - 1 online resource. - Brill Guides to Scholarship in Education ; 7 Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004407381 . - Brill Guides to Scholarship in Education ; 7. Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004407381. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Lyotard's thought as pedagogy -- Reading -- Writing -- Intermezzo : from the beautiful to the sublime -- Voicing -- Listening -- Sectarian initiation -- Afteword: Towards a post-human approach to (in)humanity : reflections on Derek Ford's inhuman educations.

"In the first monograph on Lyotard and education, Derek R. Ford approaches Lyotard's thought as pedagogical in itself. The result is a novel, soft, and accessible study of Lyotard organized around two inhuman educations: that of "the system" and that of "the human." The former enforces an interminable process of development, dialogue and exchange, while the latter finds its force in the mute, secret, opaque, and inarticulable. Threading together a range of Lyotard's work through four pedagogical processes-reading, writing, voicing, and listening-the author insists on the distinct educational logics that can uphold or interrupt different ways of being-together in the world, touching on a range of topics from literacy and aesthetics to time and political-economy. While Inhuman Educations can serve as an introduction to Lyotard's philosophy, it also constitutes a singular, provocative, and fresh take on his thought"--

9789004458819 9789004458796

10.1163/9789004458819 DOI

2020055385


Lyotard, Jean-François, 1924-1998.


Philosophers--France--Biography.
Philosophy, French--20th century.
Education--Philosophy.
Humanism.
Postmodernism and education.

LB880.L92

370.1