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Chapter 8 - Nurturing Political Emotions in the Classroom

from Part III - Inventing Affective Pedagogies for Democratic Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2021

Michalinos Zembylas
Affiliation:
Open University of Cyprus
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Summary

This chapter asks: when political emotions are invoked in the classroom, can this be done without the process of democratic education degenerating into a form of emotional and/or political indoctrination? The source of inspiration for addressing this question is Hannah Arendt’s political thought on emotion and education. The aim of the chapter is to show that despite the tensions and weaknesses that have been identified over the years about Arendt’s views on both emotions and political education, she provides compelling insights against the possibilities of political education degenerating into moral-emotional rhetoric. Arendt highlights the dangers of constructing political emotions in the classroom as the foundation for political action, while acknowledging the constructive role for the emotions in the development of political agency. The chapter concludes that Arendt’s insights on emotions and political education can help educators avoid potential pitfalls in efforts that (re)consider the place of political emotions in the classroom.

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Affect and the Rise of Right-Wing Populism
Pedagogies for the Renewal of Democratic Education
, pp. 141 - 157
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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