Tolerance and Dissent Within Education: On Cultivating Debate and Understanding

ISBN-13: 9783319581088 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 187 str.

Nuraan Davids; Yusef Waghid

Opis

It argues that by opening up educational encounters to allow for `dissent' - that is, disagreement, criticism and open dialogue - our everyday social life experiences and relationships would flourish, and potentially allow for a more peaceful and harmonious co-existence alongside those with whom we disagree.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Revisiting Some Liberal Views on Tolerance.- Chapter 2. Educational Encounters and the Pursuit of Conditional Tolerance.- Chapter 3. On a Tolerance of Conscience: Towards Equal Respect in Educational Encounters.- Chapter 4. Respect, Disrespect, Liberty and Tolerance.- Chapter 5. Openness with Tolerance through Educational Encounters.- Chapter 6. Modes of Disagreement and Conflict and Tolerance.- Chapter 7. Friendship, Disruptive Educational Encounters and Tolerance.- Chapter 8. Judgement, Forgiveness, Tolerance and Educational Encounters.- Chapter 9. Inclusion/Exclusion, Tolerance and Educational Encounters.- Chapter 10. Cosmopolitanism, Tolerance and Educational Encounters.

O autorze

Nuraan Davids is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Her research interests include philosophy of education; democratic citizenship education; and Islamic education.

 

Yusef Waghid is currently distinguished professor of Philosophy of Education at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. His primary research areas are African philosophy of education, global citizenship education and educational ethics.