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OverviewAn Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and through Knowledge Unlatched. Our Civilizing Mission is at once an exploration of colonial education and a response to current anxieties about the historical and conceptual foundations of the 'humanities'. On the one hand, it treats colonial education as a facet of colonialism. It draws on a rich body of work by 'colonized' writers - starting with Edward Said, then focusing on Algeria - that attests to the suffering inflicted by colonialism, to the shortcomings of colonial education, and to the often painful mismatch between the world of the colonial school and students' home cultures. On the other hand, it asks what can be learned by treating colonial education not just as an example of colonialism but as a provocative, uncomfortable example of education, and its powers of transformation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nicholas Harrison (Department of French, King's College London (United Kingdom))Publisher: Liverpool University Press Imprint: Liverpool University Press Volume: 60 ISBN: 9781786941763ISBN 10: 1786941767 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 30 May 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Our Civilizing Mission Chapter 1 Lessons from Said Chapter 2 `Nos ancetres les colons' Chapter 3 Teaching in a Time of Crisis Chapter 4 Unfamiliar Worlds Chapter 5 French Lessons Conclusion Education's Impact Bibliography IndexReviews'Our Civilizing Mission upends many of the basic assumptions that prevail in Francophone and Postcolonial Studies about colonial education. While many of us are familiar with extreme examples of colonial arrogance laid bare on the chalkboard, Harrison describes a decidedly more complex, and at times contradictory, web of relationships between and among the metropole, the colonizer, the school, and the colonized.' Corbin Treacy, Florida State University 'This is a deeply insightful, stimulating and scholarly book - uncompromisingly reflective, finely argued and carefully referenced, it deepens our understanding of colonial education and legacies in a number of mutually enriching ways that consistently draw out complexity and urge us to think about the teaching of literature. This is a book that will last the test of years and will prompt better scholarship (and, possibly, classroom practice) from the rest of us.' Patrick Crowley, University College Cork Author InformationNick Harrison is a Professor of French and Postcolonial Studies at King's College London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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