Rethinking Philosophy for Children: Agamben and Education as Pure Means

by Tyson E. Lewis and Igor Jasinski

Book Overview

What is philosophical about the practice Philosophy for Children (P4C)? In this open access book, the authors offer a surprising answer to this question: a practitioner's contemplation of the potentiality to speak, or what can be called infancy. Although essential to the experience of language, this most basic and profound capacity is often taken for granted or simply instrumentalized for the educational purposes of developing critical, caring,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350216828
• ISBN13: 9781350216822
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"