Introduction

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book argues for a restored normativity of education through a powerful notion of justice. Today, the foundational issue of justice seems to have lost its power as a qualifier for ethical-political education since the current educational-philosophical discourse tends to narrow down, singularize, and limit the spaces of justice in, for, and through education. It comprises critical concretizations and contextualizations of the relationship of justice and education. It is one thing to ground the relation of justice and education in a firm ontology and relevant socio-political settings that justify the claim that the inherent normativity of education is and should be more critical and transformative than current neo-liberal discourses acknowledge. Class, race, and education benefits along with convenient positionings in institutions and systems, local or/and global, perpetuate climate destruction, aloofness toward animal rights issues, and blindness to subtler claims for justice.