{"product_id":"9781350608849","title":"Towards a Weak Ontology of Education Beyond the Humanist Legacy","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTowards a Weak Ontology of Education\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBeyond the Humanist Legacy\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRuth Unsworth | Gunnlaugur Magnússon | Dion Rüsselbæk Hansen | Matthew Clarke | Stephen Heimans | Anne M. Phelan\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eEducation \/ Philosophy, Theory \u0026amp; Social Aspects\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThis book critiques the humanist legacy in education, arguing that it frames our thoughts, imaginations and conceptualisations of what education means and can be about. \u003c\/b\u003eIt offers an alternative perspective, unburdened by this legacy, and grounded in a 'weak ontology', as a means of opening up new possibilities for the educational imagination. The authors argue that by embracing humanism's values of rectitude and redemption as foundational, education becomes nothing more than a means to “social hygiene and economic productivity” (Bojesen, 2020). The authors offer a repertoire of concepts that begin to affirm educational experience, each chapter exploring the potential and challenges of these concepts. Those concepts include subjectivity and inclination, conversation, natality and the event, finitude and death, and indeterminability. These are used to challenge the dominant educational drives for progress and economic growth and offers a bold and timely vision for education that truly matters in an age of relentless expansion and  mounting global crises.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Unsworth \u003c\/b\u003eis Lecturer in Education Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGunnlaugur Magnússon \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Education at Uppsala University, Sweden. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDion Rüsselbæk Hansen \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Education at the University of Southern Denmark, Denmark. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Clarke \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Education and Director of Research at the University of Aberdeen, UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Heimans \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Queensland, Australia. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne M. Phelan \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Education at the University of British Columbia, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350608849\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e160\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51965857759372,"sku":"9781350608849","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_892caf15-fc3e-455e-83a2-c559c54170eb.jpg?v=1786071501","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350608849","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}