ABSTRACT
Political and historical contingency as a part of the study of the unexpected, the accidental, and the unforeseen is also central to the pedagogy of the unforeseen, that teaches all the survivalist lesson against all forms of fundamentalism that history and politics could have be different. The ‘Pedagogy for the Unforeseen’ expresses a notion central to the philosophy of radical social change in an increasingly interconnected world characterized by interdependent systems that produce global networks ‘that we do not understand and cannot control well’, as Helbing argues: These systems are vulnerable to failure at all scales, posing serious threats to society, even when external shocks are absent. The horrifying implication is that the Jews, Muslims, and Christians of the Middle East will be the primary victims of this holocaust.
