{"title":"Education in radical uncertainty: transgression in theory and method","authors":"Annett Graefe-Geusch","doi":"10.1080/03050068.2022.2104497","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"lifetime ’ s work. Identity is a lifelong process – a project – of self-realisation. Moreover, it is a process of self-realisation that relies crucially on mutual recognition. Identity is formed in the space between the ‘ I ’ and the ‘ me ’ : the space between the self-a ffi rmation of the subjective self and the self that is perceived objectively by other subjective selves. We become ourselves within this inter-subjective – and linguistically organised – space. For, Auerbach network theory fails to grasp the fragility, super-complexity, and relationality of this space. He hangs on to the more homely notion of ‘ neighbourhood ’ : the crucial distinction being that ‘ I belong to the neighbourhood, whereas the network belongs to me ’ . An earthly neighbourhood with all its complex intertwining of belongingness and responsibility is, argues Bauman, what I belong to whether I like it or not. It is part of my belonging within the world. In these fi nal re fl ections by a great public intellectual and scholar there is – as always in his work – a sense of the unpredictability and precarity of our human world. For those interested in the methodology of comparison his work is of fundamental importance because of its insis-tence on the irreducible interconnectivity of the human, the social and the political. The ques-tion Bauman leaves me with is: how in a world where everything is connected with everything else – and where connectivity and con fl ict are inextricably entwined – might we fi nd the grounds to compare anything with anything? Are we not, rather, left with the incomparable di ff erences that comprise our in fi nitely varied world?","PeriodicalId":47655,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1000,"publicationDate":"2022-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Comparative Education","FirstCategoryId":"95","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03050068.2022.2104497","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
lifetime ’ s work. Identity is a lifelong process – a project – of self-realisation. Moreover, it is a process of self-realisation that relies crucially on mutual recognition. Identity is formed in the space between the ‘ I ’ and the ‘ me ’ : the space between the self-a ffi rmation of the subjective self and the self that is perceived objectively by other subjective selves. We become ourselves within this inter-subjective – and linguistically organised – space. For, Auerbach network theory fails to grasp the fragility, super-complexity, and relationality of this space. He hangs on to the more homely notion of ‘ neighbourhood ’ : the crucial distinction being that ‘ I belong to the neighbourhood, whereas the network belongs to me ’ . An earthly neighbourhood with all its complex intertwining of belongingness and responsibility is, argues Bauman, what I belong to whether I like it or not. It is part of my belonging within the world. In these fi nal re fl ections by a great public intellectual and scholar there is – as always in his work – a sense of the unpredictability and precarity of our human world. For those interested in the methodology of comparison his work is of fundamental importance because of its insis-tence on the irreducible interconnectivity of the human, the social and the political. The ques-tion Bauman leaves me with is: how in a world where everything is connected with everything else – and where connectivity and con fl ict are inextricably entwined – might we fi nd the grounds to compare anything with anything? Are we not, rather, left with the incomparable di ff erences that comprise our in fi nitely varied world?
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This international journal of educational studies presents up-to-date information with analyses of significant problems and trends throughout the world. Comparative Education engages with challenging theoretical and methodological issues - and also considers the implications of comparative studies for the formation and implementation of policies - not only in education but in social, national and international development. Thus it welcomes contributions from associated disciplines in the fields of government, management, sociology - and indeed technology and communications - as these affect educational research and policy decisions.