From 'therapeutic' to political education: The centrality of affective sensibility in critical pedagogy

Critical Studies in Education

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-63

  Amsler, Sarah S ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical pedagogy; Critical theory; Pedagogy of discomfort; Subjecttransformation; Therapeutic education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551536474     PISSN: 17508487     EISSN: 17508495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17508487.2011.536512     Document Type: Article

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