1. The Art of Liberating Humanity.
- Author
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Heppard, Brandyn
- Subjects
EDUCATION of prisoners ,PRISON reform ,HIGHER education - Abstract
This essay engages the question of higher education in prisons through the lens of abolitionist prison reform, and further, within a larger revolutionary framework. Drawing heavily on Herbert Marcuse's essay, On Liberation (1969), and inspired by tradition of radical pedagogy- and the likes of Paolo Freire and bell hooks- this essay undertakes the prison classroom as a space of resistance with radical potential. Accordingly, the essay makes a case for offering incarcerated students a liberal arts curriculum, particularly strong in the humanities, because of its revolutionary potential, premised on its accessibility, aesthetic sensibility, and the exercise of the imagination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2019