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Record Nr.

UNINA9910624330303321

Autore

Sutoris Peter

Titolo

Educating for the anthropocene : schooling and activism in the face of slow violence / / Peter Sutoris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , 2022

ISBN

0-262-37071-9

0-262-37072-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 pages)

Collana

The MIT Press

Disciplina

370.954

Soggetti

Education - Social aspects - India

Education - Social aspects - South Africa

Poor - Education - India

Poor - Education - South Africa

Marginality, Social - India

Marginality, Social - South Africa

India Environmental conditions

South Africa Environmental conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Epigraphs -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Part I: Learning to Live in the Anthropocene -- Dilemma 1. The Shock of Recognition: (De)Politicizing Education -- 1. Introduction: Education's Task in the Anthropocene -- 2. A Bittersweet Landscape -- Part II: Schooling on the High Anthropocene's Frontier -- Dilemma 2. Representing Liminality: Total Institution or Tough Love? -- 3. The Origins of Depoliticization -- 4. Reading the Cultural Landscapes of Schooling: Depoliticization and Hope -- Part III: What is the Alternative? -- Dilemma 3. The Myth of Impartiality, or How I (Almost) Became an Activist -- 5. Environmental Activism: An Answer to Educating for the Anthropocene? -- 6. Toward a Different Anthropocene Politics -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Based on a multi-sited ethnography among schools and activist groups in India and South Africa, this study offers an exploration of



education practices in the context of impoverished, marginal communities where environmental crises intersect with colonial and racist histories and unsustainable presents"--