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Teaching, Friendship and Humanity

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Authors:
  1. Nuraan Davids

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

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  2. Yusef Waghid

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

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  • Makes a case for forms of human action that enhance theories and practices of liberal notions of democratic citizenship education
  • Puts forward the view that human encounters should invoke both rationality and emotions situated in explications of love
  • Presents the idea of encounters situated in particular understandings of love

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Education (BRIEFSEDUCAT)

Part of the book sub series: SpringerBriefs in Citizenship Education for the 21st Century (SCEC)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Educational Encounters, Mutuality, Trust and Respect

    • Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid
    Pages 1-11

  3. Educational Encounters as Ethical Friendships

    • Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid
    Pages 13-21

  4. Educational Encounters, Autonomy and Liberty

    • Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid
    Pages 23-32

  5. Educational Encounters, Deliberative Iterations and Everyday Talk

    • Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid
    Pages 33-42

  6. Educational Encounters as Loving Relations

    • Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid
    Pages 43-51

  7. Educational Encounters and Liquid Love

    • Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid
    Pages 53-61

  8. Educational Encounters, Critical Praxis and Love

    • Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid
    Pages 63-71

  9. Educational Encounters and the Promise of a Love that Can Heal Hatred

    • Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid
    Pages 73-83

  10. Educational Encounters and Whatever Singularity (the Lovable)

    • Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid
    Pages 85-92

  11. On Thinking Differently About Educational Encounters

    • Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid
    Pages 93-101

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 103-109
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About this book

This book extends liberal understandings in and about democratic citizenship education in relation to university pedagogy, more specifically higher teaching and learning. The authors’ argument is in defence of cultivating humanity through (higher) educational encounters on the basis of virtues that connect with the idea of love. Unlike romantic and erotic love, the book examines love in relation to educational encounters whereby humans or citizens can engage autonomously, deliberatively andresponsibly, yet lovingly. The rationale for focussing on the notion of philia (love) in educational encounters, the authors argue, is that doing so allows our current understandings of such encounters to be expanded beyond mere talk of reasonable engagements—autonomous action, deliberative iterations, and simple action—toward emotive enactments that could enhance human relations in educational encounters.

Authors and Affiliations

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

    Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid

About the authors

Nuraan Davids is a Professor of Philosophy of Education in the Department of Education Policy Studies,Stellenbosch University. Her research interests include democratic citizenship education; Islamic philosophy of education; and ethics in education.  She is an Associate Editor of the South African Journal of Higher Education and an Editorial Board Member for both Ethics and Education and the Journal on Education in Muslim Societies.
  
Yusef Waghid is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy of Education in the Department of Education Policy Studies, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Yusef holds doctorates in the areas of Philosophy of Education (Western Cape, 1995), Education Policy Studies (2000), and Philosophy (Stellenbosch, 2001). To date, he has authored more than 350 research publications. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Higher Education and Principal Editor of the internationally acclaimed journal CitizenshipTeaching and Learning.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Teaching, Friendship and Humanity

  • Authors: Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7212-8

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-7211-1Published: 28 August 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-7212-8Published: 27 August 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2211-1921

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-193X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 109

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Educational Policy and Politics, Educational Philosophy

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