Interpretive pedagogies for higher education : Arendt, Berger, Said, Nussbaum, and their legacies / Jon Nixon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nixon, Jon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975.

Arendt, Hannah.

Berger, John.

Nussbaum, Martha C. (Martha Craven), 1947-.

Nussbaum, Martha C.

Said, Edward W.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"Interpretive Pedagogies for Higher Education focuses on providing a humanistic perspective on pedagogy by relating it to the interpretive practices of particular public educators: thinkers and writers whose work has had an immeasurable impact on how we understand and interpret the world and how our understandings and interpretations act on that world. Jon Nixon focuses on the work of four public intellectuals each of whom reaches out to a wide public readership and develops our understanding regarding the nature of interpretation in the everyday world: Hannah Arendt's work on 'representative thinking', John Berger's injunction to 'hold everything dear', Edward Said's notion of 'democratic criticism', and Martha Nussbaum's studies in the intelligence of feeling. These thinkers provide valuable perspectives on the nature and purpose of interpretation in everyday life. The implications of these perspectives for the development of a transformative pedagogy - and for the renewal of an educated public - are examined in relation to the current contexts of higher education within a knowledge society."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgements

Part I: Origins

1. The Place of Pedagogy

2. Public Education

3. The Interpretive Tradition

Part II: The Legacy

4. Becoming Thoughtful: Hannah Arendt (1906-1975)

5. Becoming Attentive: John Berger (b.1926)

6. Becoming Worldly: Edward W. Said (1935-2003)

7. Becoming Responsive: Martha C. Nussbaum (b.1947)

Part III: The Futures

8. Open Futures

9. Educated Publics

10. Pedagogic Spaces

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-162) and index.

ISBN:

9786613610515

9781472541161

1472541162

9781280580734

1280580739

9781441170996

1441170995

OCLC:

787843488