Educating for the anthropocene : : schooling and activism in the face of slow violence / / Peter Sutoris.

• Superior document: The MIT Press
• VerfasserIn: Sutoris, Peter,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, Massachusetts : : The MIT Press,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: The MIT Press
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (291 pages)

"Based on a multi-sited ethnography among schools and activist groups in India and South Africa, this study offers an exploration of education practices in the context of impoverished, marginal communities where environmental crises intersect with colonial and racist histories and unsustainable presents"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Epigraphs -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Part I: Learning to Live in the Anthropocene -- Dilemma 1. The Shock of Recognition: (De)Politicizing Education -- 1. Introduction: Education's Task in the Anthropocene -- 2. A Bittersweet Landscape -- Part II: Schooling on the High Anthropocene's Frontier -- Dilemma 2. Representing Liminality: Total Institution or Tough Love? -- 3. The Origins of Depoliticization -- 4. Reading the Cultural Landscapes of Schooling: Depoliticization and Hope -- Part III: What is the Alternative? -- Dilemma 3. The Myth of Impartiality, or How I (Almost) Became an Activist -- 5. Environmental Activism: An Answer to Educating for the Anthropocene? -- 6. Toward a Different Anthropocene Politics -- References -- Index.