{"product_id":"9781349445042","title":"Benign Violence: Education in and beyond the Age of Reason","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBenign Violence: Education in and beyond the Age of Reason\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eAllen, Ansgar\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEducation is a violent act, yet this violence is concealed by its good intent. Education presents itself as a distinctly improving, enabling practice. Even its most radical critics assume that education is, at core, an incontestable social good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSetting education in its political context, this book, now in paperback, offers a history of good intentions, ranging from the birth of modern schooling and modern examination, to the rise (and fall) of meritocracy. In challenging all that is well-intentioned in education, it reveals how our educational commitments are always underwritten by violence. Our highest ideals have the lowest origins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeeking to unsettle a settled conscience, Benign Violence: Education in and beyond the Age of Reason is designed to disturb the reader. Education constitutes us as subjects; we owe our existence to its violent inscriptions. Those who refuse or rebel against our educational present must begin by objecting to the subjects we have become.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2014-01-01\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781349445042\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/9781137272867\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 216.0cm x140.0cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 289.0\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44752374005900,"sku":"9781349445042","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781349445042.jpg?v=1762351924","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781349445042","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}