Philosophy and Critical Pedagogy: Insurrection and Commonwealth (Education and Struggle) - Softcover

Reitz, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1433133628 ISBN 13: 9781433133626

Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 2016

Synopsis

Critical pedagogy, political economics, and aesthetic theory combine with dialectical and materialist understandings of science, society, and revolutionary politics to develop the most radical goals of society and education. In Philosophy and Critical Pedagogy: Insurrection and Commonwealth, Marcuse’s hitherto misunderstood and neglected philosophy of labor is reconsidered, resulting in a labor theory of ethics. This develops commonwealth criteria of judgment regarding the real and enduring economic and political possibilities that concretely encompass all of our engagement and action. Marcuse’s newly discovered 1974 Paris Lectures are examined and the theories of Georg Lukács and Ernest Manheim contextualize the analysis to permit a critical assessment of the nature of dialectical methodology today. Revolutionary strategy and a common-ground political program against intensifying inequalities of class, race, and gender comprise the book’s commonwealth counter-offensive.

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About the Author

Charles Reitz studied philosophy at Freiburg University, attaining his PhD in educational studies from the State University of New York. He is the author of Art, Alienation, and the Humanities: A Critical Engagement with Herbert Marcuse and editor of Crisis and Commonwealth: Marcuse, Marx, McLaren.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1433133628
• ISBN 13: 9781433133626
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 255