Continuing the most exciting and challenging histories of engaged feminist thought, the chapters in <i>Socially Just Pedagogies</i> grapple with the lived histories of inequality—structured by race, gender, sexuality, coloniality, and age—and use specific sites of educational struggle as occasions to test and transform the ways we understand materiality, subjectivity, and most importantly the social. Without ever losing touch with the intra-human violences that structure global relations, the authors forcefully re-imagine pedagogy as always more-than-human. This incredible book makes the case that feminist education is constitutively materialist and nonhumanist, and that new materialist politics are inescapably pedagogical.
- Nathan Snaza, Director, Bridge to Success Program, Department of English, University of Richmond, USA,
A strong case for the theoretical input of posthuman and affect theory, this is new to the field of educational studies and is much needed. The authors have produced a fine piece of work. This should be a big player in the critical educational literature.
- Dan Goodley, Professor of Disability Studies and Education, University of Sheffield, UK,
It’s about time we had a book like this, that tackles education’s unswerving adherence to outdated 20th century humanist premises. The most apparent strength is the editors’ (and contributors’) strong grasp on the posthumanist, affective and new materialist theoretical perspectives that frame this collection. The emphasis on southern perspectives is very refreshing and will make a unique contribution to the broader posthumanist educational field, which is dominated by global north theorists and research. Particularly interesting because it also documents the recent student activism in South African universities, these challenges to the humanist norms of educational practice are overdue. This book is one of the first ones to make the challenges – others will follow.’
- Affrica Taylor, Associate Professor of Geographies of Education and Childhood, University of Canberra, Australia,