The ethics of politicized pedagogies: Considerations of Levinas' philosophy for social justice education.

摘要

The philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas is considered for social justice pedagogies, particularly those concerned with antiracism and whiteness theories. The Levinasian concepts of the other and the third are discussed in terms of their relevance for radical reconceptualizations of traditional notions of freedom, justice, and ethics and their implications for pedagogy. Of particular concern are the notions of passivity and substitution as they may be useful in pointing to a way of performing pedagogy as a form of witnessing for the other in enacting a pedagogy of repentance.