Forces of Education: Walter Benjamin and the Politics of Pedagogy

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Dennis Johannßen (Lafayette College, USA) Dominik Zechner (Rutgers University, USA)

Forces of Education

Walter Benjamin and the Politics of Pedagogy

Dennis Johannßen (Lafayette College, USA), Dominik Zechner (Rutgers University, USA), Dominik Zechner (Rutgers University USA)

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Bloomsbury Academic
27 June 2024

General studies; Social & political philosophy; Moral & social purpose of education

Series: Walter Benjamin Studies

Bringing

Walter Benjamin into dialogue with the urgent issues facing educational

institutions today, this is the first comprehensive exploration of his philosophy

of education and pedagogy.

In

recent years, problems concerning the practice of education have become

central to the critical discourse in the humanities: from debates regarding

“deplatforming” and the redefinition of free speech on campus to the

digitization of learning and the ethics of mentorship. But where do

we go from here? This volume argues that Walter Benjamin’s writing offers

critical tools to rethink the purposes of

education and the institutional forms it

should assume.

Reaching

from his earliest writings during his involvement with the antebellum German

Youth Movement to his late essays on history, theatre, and new media, the

authors here explore how Benjamin argued against education as an

institutional task subject to a

scientific discipline. They show instead how he took his cue from language as a medium of subtle

understanding to critically analyze the forms of violence inherent in the concept and history of education. For Benjamin, education was the lever to political

reform. For him, the experience of youth should always be at the centre of considerations.

Written

by leading international scholars, Walter

Benjamin and Education both contextualizes Benjamin’s pedagogy in the trajectory

of his own thought and also offers an astute analysis of the value and relevance

of his student-focused ideas to the institutional and political challenges of

today.

Edited by: Dennis Johannßen (Lafayette College USA), Dominik Zechner (Rutgers University, USA), Dominik Zechner (Rutgers University USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781350274204
ISBN 10: 1350274208
Series: Walter Benjamin Studies
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 27 June 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dennis Johannßen is is Assistant Professor of German in the Department of Languages and Literary Studies at Lafayette College, USA. His work has appeared in MLN, The German Quarterly, Zeitschrift für kritische Theorie, and Anthropology and Materialism. Dominik Zechner is Assistant Professor of German at the Department for German, Russian, and East European Languages and Literatures at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and a Post-doctoral Research Associate at Brown University, USA.

Reviews for Forces of Education: Walter Benjamin and the Politics of Pedagogy

Recent scholarship on Benjamin has found new urgency in his writings on childhood, education, and pedagogy. The current collection of essays is a significant contribution to this growing body of literature. Anyone who reads Forces of Education will undoubtably recognize Benjamin himself as an angel of history, gazing upon the ruins of our educational institutions while nevertheless remaining in flight, propelled by the idea of education’s potential redemption. * Tyson E. Lewis, Professor of Art Education, University of North Texas, USA *