Democratic Education and Muslim Philosophy: Interfacing Muslim and Communitarian Thought

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This book examines how democratic education is conceptualised by exploring understandings of emotions in learning. The authors argue that emotion is both an embodiment and enhancement of democratic education: that rationality and emotion are not separate entities, but exist on a continuum. While democratic education would not exist if it were incommensurate with reason, making judgements about the human condition could not happen without invoking emotion. Synthesising Muslim scholarship with the perspectives of the Western world, the book draws on scholars such as Ibn al-Arabi, Ibn Sina (Avicenna) and Fazlur Rahman to offer an enriched and expanded notion of democratic education. This engaging and reflective work will be of interest and value to students and scholars of educational philosophy and cultural studies. Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Democratic Education and Deliberative Freedom: A Defence of Co-learning (Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid)....Pages 1-13 Democratic Education and Iterations: On the Emotion of Talking Back (Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid)....Pages 15-26 Democratic Education and Gratitude (Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid)....Pages 27-37 Belligerence and Distress as Emotions in Democratic Education (Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid)....Pages 39-47 Democratic Education and Compassion (Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid)....Pages 49-59 Adab and Democratic Education (Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid)....Pages 61-70 Ibn al-Arabi’s Idea of Al-insan Al-kamil (the Perfect Human) and Democratic Education (Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid)....Pages 71-79 Ibn Sina’s Notion of Intuition and Claims of Democratic Education (Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid)....Pages 81-89 Fazlur Rahman’s Notion of Shura and Its Implications for Democratic Education (Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid)....Pages 91-98 Muhammad Iqbal’s Conception of Ijtihad and Its Implications for Democratic Education (Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid)....Pages 99-107 Back Matter ....Pages 109-123