Educating against extremism

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Educating against extremism

Lynn Davies

Trentham Books, 2008

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

Extremism is a huge concern across the world right now, fuelled by its links to terrorism and religious fundamentalism. This book explores the relationship of education to extremism and examines how education could counter its more dangerous forms.Formal education does little to prevent people joining extremist groups. Neither does it equip young people to analyse fundamentalism. We have seen attacks by suicide bombers who had their schooling in state systems, including in England. It is clear that more is needed than merely literacy. Global communications technologies mean that the way young people organise for either peace or terrorism lies mostly outside the school. But this does not mean that schools are without power. Lynn Davies proposes a very different educational strategy to the conventional tolerant multiculturalism that pertains in the west. The task - a challenging one - is to politicise young people without cementing uncritical acceptance of single truths.The chapters cover: the nature of extremism and myth-making; identity and belonging; religious belief and faith schools; justice and revenge; free speech, humour and satire; and, critical thinking and critical (dis)respect. In proposing an education which allows for alternatives and ambiguity, the book argues for the centrality of political education, media education and active citizenship education, as well as critical and comparative religious education, all firmly based on a universal value position around human rights. A strong civil society is one that is not afraid to critique but which has people with the skills and dispositions to engage in this without violence.

目次

  • CONTENTS: Acknowledgements
  • 1. The nature of extremism
  • 2. Identity and radicalisation
  • 3. Segregation, faith schools and the myth of equal value
  • 4. Justice, revenge and honour
  • 5. Free speech, offence, humour and satire
  • 6. Towards critical idealism: The XvX model
  • References
  • Index.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA87604373
  • ISBN
    • 9781858564265
  • LCCN
    2008275091
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Stoke on Trent
  • ページ数/冊数
    vi, 197 p.
  • 大きさ
    25 cm
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