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ERIC Number: EJ1385721
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0159-6306
EISSN: EISSN-1469-3739
Theorizing the Affective Logic of Victimhood in Public Debates: Implications for Everyday Education Practices
Zembylas, Michalinos
Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, v44 n2 p183-194 2023
How does a world of rival victimhoods disrupt our understandings of the educational subject? In which ways do competing claims of victimhood and their connections with justice have an impact on everyday educational practices? These questions are at the heart of this essay. The analysis conceptualizes the affective logic of victimhood as a terrain of struggle over competing claims to suffering, trauma and injury. The argument is that victimhood works by tactically mobilizing effective claims to suffering, trauma or injury for moral and political gains. The paper highlights implications of this analysis for everyday educational practices, discourses and relationships, and discusses the extent to which a pedagogical approach that engages students with the affective claims of victimhood -- namely, who claims to be a victim, from which position and to which effects -- can offer productive ways of navigating through competing claims of victimhood.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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