Aesthetics of education : theatre, curiosity, and politics in the work of Jacques Ranciere and Paulo Freire / by Tyson E. Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Tyson E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical pedagogy.

Theater--Political aspects.

Theater.

Democracy and education.

Rancière, Jacques.

Freire, Paulo, 1921-1997.

Freire, Paulo.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This innovative book examines the aesthetic event of education. Extending beyond the pedagogy of art or art appreciation, Tyson E. Lewis takes a much broader view of aesthetics and argues that teaching and learning are themselves aesthetic performances. As Jacques Ranciere has recently argued, there is an inherent connection between aesthetics and politics, both of which disrupt conventional distributions of who can speak and think. Here, Lewis extends Ranciere's general thesis to examine how there is not only an aesthetics of politics but also an aesthetics of education. In particular, L

Contents:

FC; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Aesthetics of Education; Chapter One: From Stultification to Emancipation: Althusser avec Rancière; Chapter Two: Aesthetic Metaphors: Teaching, Theatre, and Democracy; Chapter Three: The Beautiful and the Sublime in the Pedagogy of the Oppressed; Intermission: Equality, Freedom, and Emancipation: A Casefor Pedagogical Dramaturgy; Chapter Four: The Aesthetics of Curiosity; Chapter Five: The Knowledge of Ignorance; Chapter Six: The Future of the Image in Critical Pedagogy; Chapter Seven: Freire's Last Laugh

Conclusion: Death and Democracy in Education: Freire'sEaster RevisitedBibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781441163738

1441163735

9781283891288

128389128X

9781441118264

1441118268

OCLC:

822017783