Thinking, Childhood, and Time: Contemporary Perspectives on the Politics of Education is an interdisciplinary exploration of the notion of childhood and its place in a philosophical education. Contributors consider children’s experiences of time, space, embodiment, and thinking. By acknowledging Hannah Arendt’s notion that every child brings a new beginning into the world, they address the question of how educators can be more responsive to the Otherness that childhood offers, while assumi...

This book blows the lid off the sentimental mythology about protecting children and exposes the dark underbelly of adult ambition for the last four hundred yearsThe first book on the four hundred year formation of the US told from the perspective of children, Dr. Rollo argues that US history cannot be understood without recognizing how deeply it depended on the domination and exploitation of children. From the earliest settler colonies to modern schooling, children...

This book blows the lid off the sentimental mythology about protecting children and exposes the dark underbelly of adult ambition for the last four hundred yearsThe first book on the four hundred year formation of the US told from the perspective of children, Dr. Rollo argues that US history cannot be understood without recognizing how deeply it depended on the domination and exploitation of children. From the earliest settler colonies to modern schooling, children...