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Democratic Education and Muslim Philosophy

Interfacing Muslim and Communitarian Thought

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  1. Nuraan Davids

    1. Department of Education Policy Studies, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

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  2. Yusef Waghid

    1. Faculty of Education, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

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  • Posits that emotion can exemplify and enhance democratic education
  • Argues that rationality and emotion are not separate entities, but rather exist on a spectrum
  • Draws together Muslim scholarship and perspectives of the Western world to expand the notion of democratic education

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Democratic Education and Deliberative Freedom: A Defence of Co-learning

    • Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid
    Pages 1-13

  3. Democratic Education and Iterations: On the Emotion of Talking Back

    • Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid
    Pages 15-26

  4. Democratic Education and Gratitude

    • Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid
    Pages 27-37

  5. Belligerence and Distress as Emotions in Democratic Education

    • Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid
    Pages 39-47

  6. Democratic Education and Compassion

    • Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid
    Pages 49-59

  7. Adab and Democratic Education

    • Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid
    Pages 61-70

  8. Ibn al-Arabi’s Idea of Al-insan Al-kamil (the Perfect Human) and Democratic Education

    • Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid
    Pages 71-79

  9. Ibn Sina’s Notion of Intuition and Claims of Democratic Education

    • Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid
    Pages 81-89

  10. Fazlur Rahman’s Notion of Shura and Its Implications for Democratic Education

    • Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid
    Pages 91-98

  11. Muhammad Iqbal’s Conception of Ijtihad and Its Implications for Democratic Education

    • Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid
    Pages 99-107

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 109-123
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About this book

This book examines how democratic education is conceptualised by exploring understandings of emotions in learning. The authors argue that emotion is both an embodiment and enhancement of democratic education: that rationality and emotion are not separate entities, but exist on a continuum. While democratic education would not exist if it were incommensurate with reason, making judgements about the human condition could not happen without invoking emotion. Synthesising Muslim scholarship with the perspectives of the Western world, the book draws on scholars such as Ibn al-Arabi, Ibn Sina (Avicenna) and Fazlur Rahman to offer an enriched and expanded notion of democratic education. This engaging and reflective work will be of interest and value to students and scholars of educational philosophy and cultural studies. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Education Policy Studies, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

    Nuraan Davids

  • Faculty of Education, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

    Yusef Waghid

About the authors

Nuraan Davids is Professor of Philosophy of Education at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Her research interests include democratic citizenship education; Islamic education; and leadership and management inquiry. 
 
Yusef Waghid is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Education Policy Studies at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He is Principal Editor of Citizenship Teaching and Learning, and Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Higher Education.
 




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Democratic Education and Muslim Philosophy

  • Book Subtitle: Interfacing Muslim and Communitarian Thought

  • Authors: Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30056-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-30055-5Published: 19 November 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-30056-2Published: 10 November 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 123

  • Topics: Religion and Education, Islam, Philosophy of Education, Educational Philosophy

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