Our Civilizing Mission
The Lessons of Colonial Education
Seiten
2022
Liverpool University Press (Verlag)
978-1-80085-493-2 (ISBN)
Liverpool University Press (Verlag)
978-1-80085-493-2 (ISBN)
Our Civilizing Mission is both an exploration of colonial education and a response to current anxieties about the foundations of the ‘humanities’. Focusing on the example of Algeria, it asks what can be learned by treating colonial education not just as an example of colonialism but as a provocative, uncomfortable example of education.
An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and through Knowledge Unlatched.
Our Civilizing Mission is at once an exploration of colonial education and a response to current anxieties about the historical and conceptual foundations of the ‘humanities’. On the one hand, it treats colonial education as a facet of colonialism. It draws on a rich body of work by ‘colonized’ writers – starting with Edward Said, then focusing on Algeria – that attests to the suffering inflicted by colonialism, to the shortcomings of colonial education, and to the often painful mismatch between the world of the colonial school and students’ home cultures. On the other hand, it asks what can be learned by treating colonial education not just as an example of colonialism but as a provocative, uncomfortable example of education, and its powers of transformation.
An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and through Knowledge Unlatched.
Our Civilizing Mission is at once an exploration of colonial education and a response to current anxieties about the historical and conceptual foundations of the ‘humanities’. On the one hand, it treats colonial education as a facet of colonialism. It draws on a rich body of work by ‘colonized’ writers – starting with Edward Said, then focusing on Algeria – that attests to the suffering inflicted by colonialism, to the shortcomings of colonial education, and to the often painful mismatch between the world of the colonial school and students’ home cultures. On the other hand, it asks what can be learned by treating colonial education not just as an example of colonialism but as a provocative, uncomfortable example of education, and its powers of transformation.
Nick Harrison is a Professor of French and Postcolonial Studies at King's College London.
Acknowledgements
IntroductionOur Civilizing Mission
Chapter 1 Lessons from Said
Chapter 2 ‘Nos ancêtres les colons’
Chapter 3 Teaching in a Time of Crisis
Chapter 4 Unfamiliar Worlds
Chapter 5 French Lessons
Conclusion Education’s Impact
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 09.03.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures ; 60 |
| Verlagsort | Liverpool |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-80085-493-5 / 1800854935 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-80085-493-2 / 9781800854932 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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