Rowena Azada-Palacios is Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines.

Drawing on a rigorous and incisive reading of Hannah Arendt’s political and educational thought, this book advances fresh and significant insights into important questions of postcolonial education and national identity.

• Series Editor’s ForewordIntroduction1. The Ideological Roots of Philippine Identity-Building in Schools2. Postcolonial Foundations for an Education for National Identity3. Cultural Belonging in Arendt’s Thought: Her Concept of the ‘Social'4. Educational Tensions and the Liminality of the School5. Arendt’s Educational Thought: Limitations and Applications6. Classrooms as Cultural Playgrounds7. ‘Amor Mundi’ and the Danger of InsularityConclusionReferencesIndex

Rowena Azada-Palacios is Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines.

Drawing on a rigorous and incisive reading of Hannah Arendt’s political and educational thought, this book advances fresh and significant insights into important questions of postcolonial education and national identity.

• Series Editor’s ForewordIntroduction1. The Ideological Roots of Philippine Identity-Building in Schools2. Postcolonial Foundations for an Education for National Identity3. Cultural Belonging in Arendt’s Thought: Her Concept of the ‘Social'4. Educational Tensions and the Liminality of the School5. Arendt’s Educational Thought: Limitations and Applications6. Classrooms as Cultural Playgrounds7. ‘Amor Mundi’ and the Danger of InsularityConclusionReferencesIndex

Rowena Azada-Palacios is Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines.

Drawing on a rigorous and incisive reading of Hannah Arendt’s political and educational thought, this book advances fresh and significant insights into important questions of postcolonial education and national identity.

• Series Editor’s ForewordIntroduction1. The Ideological Roots of Philippine Identity-Building in Schools2. Postcolonial Foundations for an Education for National Identity3. Cultural Belonging in Arendt’s Thought: Her Concept of the ‘Social'4. Educational Tensions and the Liminality of the School5. Arendt’s Educational Thought: Limitations and Applications6. Classrooms as Cultural Playgrounds7. ‘Amor Mundi’ and the Danger of InsularityConclusionReferencesIndex