1st Edition

Buber and Education Dialogue as conflict resolution

By W. John Morgan, Alexandre Guilherme Copyright 2014
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

Martin Buber (1878-1965) is considered one of the 20th century’s greatest thinkers and his contributions to philosophy, theology and education are testimony to this. His thought is founded on the idea that people are capable of two kinds of relations, namely I-Thou and I-It , emphasising the centrality of dialogue in all spheres of human life. For this reason, Buber is considered by many to be... Read more
Introduction 1: Buber and His Times 2: Buber, Russell and Lukács: Utopia 3: Buber and Pacifism 4: Buber and Fanon 5: Buber and the Holocaust 6: Buber and Moral Education 7: Buber and Adult Education 8: Buber and Peace in the Middle East 9: Buber and Interculturalism in Brazil. Conclusion

Biography

W. John Morgan is Emeritus Professor in the School of Education at the University of Nottingham, UK, and an Honorary Professor in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University, UK.

Alexandre Guilherme is Director, Paulo Freire Centre for the Study of Critical Pedagogy, Liverpool Hope University, UK.

"There emerges, over many pages, a nuanced picture in which dialogue and the tensions of the I-It relationship are at the centre. The book is written in a fresh and unpretentious way, avoiding overcomplicated sentence structures. Consequently, a clear style prevails and the arguments and thoughts are very well explained and developed logically and stringently. The authors show a profound knowledge of Buber’s writings, but this is not obscured by minor detail." - Dr Arnim Kaiser, Weiterbildung Zeitschrift

'[...] Buber's though does not offer us precise advice; rather, it 'points the way' and this is the pathway taken by Morgan and Guilherme. The true value of Buber and Education is its essential reminder that despite practical difficulties, dialogical education is loaded with hope. Morgan and Guilherme recognise that it is through education that we can acheive true peace, which is something radically different from a political ceasefire.' - Yaniv Feller, Revue Diogène - Théories et pratiques de la non-violence