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Podcast: New Books in Education
Episode: Joris Vlieghe and Piotr Zamojski, "Towards an Ontology of Teaching: Thing-centred Pedagogy, Affirmation and Love for the World" (Springer, 2019)
Description: Joris Vlieghe and Piotr Zamojski's book Towards an Ontology of Teaching: Thing-centred Pedagogy, Affirmation and Love for the World (Springer, 2019) opens an original and timely perspective on why it is we teach and want to pass on our world to the new generation. Teaching is presented in this book as a way of being, rather than as a matter of expertise, which is driven by love for a subject matter. With the help of philosophical thinkers such as Arendt, Badiou and Agamben, the authors articulate a fully positive account of education that goes beyond the critical approach, which has be...