Overcoming the Deficit View of the Migrant Other Notes for a Humanist Pedagogy in a Migration Society

Oberlechner-Duval, Manfred

ISBN 10: 3847424815 / ISBN 13: 9783847424819

Published by Budrich, 2021

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101 pages. 8.27x5.83x0.28 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Overcoming the Deficit View of the Migrant Other Notes for a Humanist Pedagogy in a Migration Society
• Publisher: Budrich
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3847424815
• ISBN 13: 9783847424819
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.04 kilograms

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Synopsis

What contribution can a humanistic pedagogy make in the context of a migration society? The author uses three examples to illustrate the deficit-oriented pressure to assimilate that foreigners are often subjected to: the Chicago School of immigration studies, the “2008 Integration Plan” of the Austrian federal state of Salzburg, and Hartmut Esser’s phases of integration. The illustrative critique of these models is primarily based on Edward W. Said’s theory of “othering”, Zygmunt Bauman’s diagnoses of modernity, and the socially critical reflections of Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno. In this way, the author develops components for a humanistic education within a migration society, presenting it as a universalistic alternative to the prevailing particularistic approaches in contemporary educational theory.

About the Author

Prof. Dr. phil. Manfred Oberlechner-Duval is Professor for Sociology of Education and Migration at Stefan Zweig University of Education, Salzburg, Austria.