Tolerance and Dissent within Education On Cultivating Debate and Und
This book explores how the concept of tolerance might be understood, cultivated and enacted in and through educational encounters. It argues that by opening up educational encounters to allow for ‘dissent’ – that is, disagreement, criticism and open dialo
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NURAAN DAVIDS & YUSEF WAGHID
Tolerance and Dissent within Education
Nuraan Davids • Yusef Waghid
Tolerance and Dissent within Education On Cultivating Debate and Understanding
Nuraan Davids Faculty of Education Stellenbosch University Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Yusef Waghid Faculty of Education Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
ISBN 978-3-319-58108-8 ISBN 978-3-319-58109-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-58109-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017946185 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Asier Villafranca / Getty Images Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
This is an important book that deals with vitally significant ideas and issues. It is always challenging to engage in the uncertain endeavor of identifying the key issues that face society today but surely it is obvious to assert that we need urgently now to develop our understanding of toleration. We all need to think better and to act more humanely in society generally and particularly in education. At a time when there is armed conflict in the Middle East, massive increases in the numbers of refugees and asylum seekers, large migrations associated with globalization, and increasingly negative nationalistic tendencies surely we need to renew our commitment to toleration. This book helps us meet this need admirably. The central purpose of the book is explained clearly. ‘Our concern in this book is how the concept of tolerance might be understood, cultivated and enacted in and through educational encounters.’ The way in which they do that is
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