This book offers a variety of outlooks and perspectives on the constitutive values and formative norms of a society, reflected by discourses on ethical-political education. It also discusses conceptual and critical philosophical works combined with empirical studies.The book is divided into three parts: the first part describes contemporary youth's tangible experience of and reflections on ethical-political issues, while the second part explores the potential powers and pitfalls of educational philosophies, old and new. The third part highlights cutting edge issues within the humanities and social sciences, and examines the prospects of a fruitful rethinking of ethical-political education in response to today's pressing issues. By addressing current dilemmas with diligence and insight, the authors offer solid arguments for new theoretical and practical directions to promote philosophical clarification and advance research. Intended for students, teachers and researchers, the book provides fresh perspectives on the many facets of ethical-political education, and as such is a valuable contribution to educational research and debate.

Presents new insights and novel ways of re-thinking ethical-political education Draws on empirical material in combination with educational philosophies and theories Analyzes ontological challenges and ethical dilemmas related to ethical-political education today Reflects on educational philosophies, old and new

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Torill Strand is Professor at the University of Oslo's Department of Education. Her competencies range from meta-theory to social epistemologies, educational philosophy and theory, cosmopolitanism and semiotics. Her current research explores narratives and genealogies of justice in education. Strand has written and edited numerous books and special issues, and has published widely in international journals. Her recent titles include "Alain Badiou on political education", "Reification as a forgetting", "Thinking Democracy and Education for the Present: The Case of Norway after July 22, 2011", "Climate Justice and Education" and "Cinema, Philosophy and Education" (forthcoming). Strand served as president elect of the Nordic Society for Philosophy of Education until 2018. She is currently a member of the International Network of Philosophers of Education (INPE) board and part of the HumStud research group at the University of Oslo.

Inhalt
1 Rethinking ethical-political education: Beyond the Nordic Model.- Part I Youths in a World of Change.- 2 Young Citizenship: Civic Engagement and Participation in four Nordic Countries.- 3 Philosophical and Youth-Studies Perspectives on the Participation Imperative.- 4 Situating Moral Education in a Globalized World: Environmental Ethical Values and Student Experiences.- 5 While We Wait: Unaccompanied Minors in Norway - Or the Hospita(bi)lity for the Other.- Part II Educational Philosophies, Old and New.- 6 Encouragement and Appeal: Free Auto-activity (Selbstwirksamkeit) and Subjected Freedom.- 7 Towards Educational Justice: What Difference can Recognitive Justice Make?.- 8 Citizenship Education and the Role of Immigrant Students in the Nordic Countries.- 9 Bildung as Democratic Opinion and Will Formation: Habermas Beyond Habermas.- 10 Towards a Plastic Starting Point: Rethinking Ethical-Political Education with Catherine Malabou.- 11 What is called Thinking in Education?.- Part III Rethinking Ethical-Political Education.- 12 Educational Cosmopolitanism: Education beyond Nationalist and Globalist Imaginations.- 13 Pragmatism, Education and the Problem of Pluralism.- 14 Reconceptualising the Subject-Citizen of Bildung in a Posthuman World: Rethinking the Promise of Higher Education.- 15 Challenges and Possibilities of Media-Based Public Dialogue: Misunderstanding, Stereotyping and Reflective Attitude.- 16 The Educative Process and its Relation to Truth, Knowledge, Culture and Critique: Epistemological and Metaphysical Premises for Formation.- 17 What Causes Education?.- 18 Here and Now: Rethinking Philosophy of Education.