Jacques Ranciere: Education, Truth, Emancipation

Gert Biesta is Professor of Education at The Stirling Institute of Education, University of Stirling, UK, and Visiting Professor of Education and Democratic Citizenship at Malardalen University, Sweden. He is editor-in-chief of Studies in Philosophy and Education. His publications include Derrida, Deconstruction and the Politics of Pedagogy (with Michael A. Peters, Peter Lang, 2009), Beyond Learning: Democratic Education for a Human Future (Paradigm Publishers, 2006), Pragmatism and Educational Research (with Nicholas C. Burbules, Rowman and Littlefield, 2003) and Derrida and Education (co-edited with Denise Egea-Kuehne, Routledge, 2001). Jacques Ranciere taught at the University of Paris VIII, France, from 1969 to 2000, occupying the Chair of Aesthetics and Politics from 1990 until his retirement. Charles Bingham is Associate Professor of Education at Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is the author of Authority is Relational (SUNY Press, 2008) and Schools of Recognition (Roman and Littlefield, 2001) and co-editor of No Education Without Relation (Peter Lang, 2004).

"By showing how the relationship between education and emancipation can be thought of as political, rather than psychological or sociological, Bingham and Biesta put into question many received educational ideas, for example about what 'school improvement' means and what is involved in 'inclusive pedagogy'. The book's argument and experimentations with concepts such as 'police', 'politics' and 'disagreement' vividly portray the relevance of Ranciere's thought for contemporary education practice, policy-making and philosophy." - Caroline Pellatier, Institute of Education, University of London, UK"

• 1. On Ignorant Schoolmasters, by Jacques Ranciere; 2. A New Logic of Emancipation; 3. The Figure of the Child in Ranciere and Paulo Freire; 4. Inclusion in Question; 5. Recognition's Pedagogy; 6. Truth and Emancipation; 7. Learner, Student, Speaker; 8. Conclusion: The World is Not a School; Bibliography; Index.