Being Human or Being a Citizen? Rethinking Human Rights and Citizenship Education in the Light of Agamben and Merleau-Ponty

Autor/in	Hung, Ruyu
Titel	Being Human or Being a Citizen? Rethinking Human Rights and Citizenship Education in the Light of Agamben and Merleau-Ponty
Quelle	In: Cambridge Journal of Education, 42 (2012) 1, S.37-51 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-764X
DOI	10.1080/0305764X.2011.651202
Schlagwörter	Citizenship; Citizenship Education; Civil Rights; Social Integration; Political Attitudes; Social Attitudes; Fused Curriculum; Relevance (Education); Curriculum Evaluation; Values Clarification; Values Education; Educational Objectives; Educational Practices + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatsbürgerschaft; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Soziale Integration; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Relevance; Relevanz; Curriculum; Evaluation; Curriculumevaluation; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Evaluierung; Wertbewusstsein; Werterziehung; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Bildungspraxis
Abstract	This paper argues against a trend of human rights education, where human rights are taught in the form of citizenship education. In my view, citizenship education and human rights education cannot be taken as replaceable for each other. Underpinning the idea of citizenship is a distinction between "politically qualified" and "politically unqualified" persons. This distinction implies a violation of human rights in the name of social solidarity and security. This paper will argue that citizenship education could imply discrimination/exclusion although it claims to promote solidarity and human rights. Furthermore, the qualification of having rights is not dependent on citizenship but simply in human life itself. Three educational implications are discussed. Firstly, human rights and citizenship education cannot be seen as equivalents. Secondly, educators should be alert to the dangers of possible exclusion implied in citizenship education. Finally, this paper proposes different suggestions for human rights and citizenship education separately. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10