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Title: Strangers in the Land

Strangers in the Land

Pedagogy, Modernity, and Jewish Identity

by H. Svi Shapiro (Volume editor)
©1999 Textbook XIV, 352 Pages
Education
Series: Counterpoints, Volume 46

Summary

The postmodern moment has meant an unprecedented acknowledgment of the importance of difference and the «other» in the constitution of human identity. Astonishingly, within critical educational studies this has not, till now, included a serious concern with Jews as either an oppressed or a marginalized group. For the first time, in this anthology, a number of leading voices in the field address the nature of Jewish experience and its connections to a radical vision for social and educational change. Bringing together both biography and social theory, the authors explore the «pedagogy» of Jewish experience, in its variety and complexity, and its connections to the transformative or critical visions they hold of education and our world.

Details

Pages
XIV, 352
Year
1999
ISBN (Softcover)
9780820436890
Language
English
Keywords
Difference Human identity Jewish experience Critical studies Postmodernism
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Frankfurt/M., Paris, Wien, 1999. XIV, 352 pp.

Biographical notes

H. Svi Shapiro (Volume editor)

The Editor: H. Svi Shapiro grew up in London, England, where he was brought up in an orthodox Jewish home. For many years he was active in the Socialist-Zionist movement. He strongly identifies himself with the Jewish commitment to Tikkun Olam. He has written extensively on issues of social change and educational policy. Dr. Shapiro is the author of Between Capitalism and Democracy: Educational Policy and the Crisis of the Welfare State (1990) and (with David Purpel) Beyond Liberation and Excellence: Reconstructing the Public Discourse on Education. He is Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

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