Jacques Ranciere: Education, Truth, Emancipation

`By showing how the relationship between education and emancipation can be thought of as political, rather than psychological or sociological, Bingham and Biesta put into question many received educational ideas, for example about what "school improvement" means and what is involved in "inclusive pedagogy". The book's argument and experimentations with concepts such as "police", "politics" and "disagreement" vividly portray the relevance of Ranciere's thought for contemporary education practice, policy-making and philosophy.'

Jacques Ranciere: Education, Truth, Emancipation demonstrates the importance of Ranciere's work for educational theory, and in turn it shows just how central Ranciere's educational thought is to his work in political theory and aesthetics. Charles Bingham and Gert Biesta illustrate brilliantly how philosophy can benefit from Ranciere's particular way of thinking about education, and go on to offer their own provocative account of the relationship between education, truth and emancipation. Including a new essay by Ranciere himself, this book is a must-read for scholars of social theory and all who profess to educate. More

Charles Bingham is Associate Professor of Education at Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is the author of Authority is Relational (SUNY press, 2008) and Schools of Recognition (Roman and Littlefield, 2001) and co-editor of No Education Without Relation (Peter Lang, 2004).
Gert Biesta is Professor of Education at The Stirling Institute of Education University of Stirling, UK, and Visiting Professor of Education and Democratic Citizenship at Malardalen University, Sweden. He is editor-in-chief of Studies in Philosophy and Education.
Jacques Ranciere taught at the University of Paris VIII, France, from 1969 to 2000, occupying the Chair of Aesthetics and Politics from 1990 until his retirement.