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Published: Vol. V, Issue 1 [ May 2022 ]

Pages:  15-22

Category:  Articles (peer-reviewed)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30457/050120222

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Abstract:
Against the background of a transformative pedagogical view, the author is dealing with Derrida’s notion of ‘transcendental violence’. This could be a wake-up call for educators and religious educators that their practice is by definition loaded with violence, and to be attentive to this. From a deconstruction as justice stance, practices should consist of both intervention, embodying a danger of violence, and invention, a counterweight that may compensate for the dangerous side of violence. The space that opens itself lies precisely in between the will to govern and a complete lack of interest, and it exists precisely as undecidability. This space is not something that we can completely organize in advance and have 100% control over it. We don’t know how and when the invention will happen, who it will be, and how the o/Other will speak and act. It is about creating opportunities for children to come into the world, to respond towards situations and relations, towards societal, communal and religious practices and rites, insights, knowledge, doctrines and narratives, traditions and visions and to develop their own personhood-in-formation.

Key words:
Transformative pedagogy, transcendental violence, invention, intervention, personhood formation

Reference:
Miedema, S. (2022). How to prevent the danger of double violence: religion and worldview in education?. Ελληνική Περιοδική Έκδοση για τη Θρησκευτική Εκπαίδευση/Greek Journal of Religious Education, 5(1), 15-22. DOI: 10.30457/050120222