The community of those who have nothing in common: Education and the language of responsibility |
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| Authors: | Gert Biesta |
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| Institution: | (1) School of Education and Lifelong Learning, University of Exeter, Heavitree Road, EX1 2LU Exeter, England, UK |
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| Abstract: | In this paper I explore different ways to understand the idea of community. Using the work of Alphonso Lingis, I make a distinction
between the rational community and the community of those who have nothing in common. The latter community is the community
in which we are all strangers for each other. I argue that the language of the latter community is the language of responsibility.
It is this language that enables us to speak with our own, unique and individual voice. I argue that education and educators
should be concerned with the latter form of speaking. Therefore, the community without community, which exists as the interruption
of the rational community, is the most important, and ultimately the only relevant educational community. |
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| Keywords: | Community responsibility education Alphonso Lingis Zygmunt Bauman postmodernism communication language Emmanuel Levinas |
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