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The Double Subjectification Function of Education

Reconsidering Hospitality and Democracy

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In recent years philosophers of education have used the ideas of both Jacques Derrida and Jacques Rancière to rethink the ethical and political possibilities and responsibilities of education (for example, Biesta, 2001, 2010b; Masschelein, 1996; Masschelein & Simons, 2010; Peters, 2003, 2009; Ruitenberg, 2010, 2011).

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Ruitenberg, C. (2013). The Double Subjectification Function of Education. In: Szkudlarek, T. (eds) Education and the Political. Comparative and International Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-383-6_7

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