Marta Padovan-Özdemir

Grundbog til livsoplysning er et solidt og praksisnært bidrag til læreruddannelsen – og en uundværlig ressource for alle, der ønsker at arbejde professionelt med livsoplysning, dannelse og refleksion i skolen. Bogen giver dig en grundlæggende indføring i de teorier og temaer, du skal kende til som studerende på læreruddannelsens obligatoriske fag om livsoplysning. Bogen er bygget op omkring både centrale temaer og teoretiske perspektiver, som relaterer sig til skolens praksis og samfundets aktuelle udfordringer. I bogens første del introduceres en række temaer, der sætter fokus på centrale emner som demokrati i skole og samfund, menneskerettigheder, autoritet og dømmekraft, autoritet, myndighed og dømmekraft, diversitet i et kritisk perspektiv, religion i skole og samfund, skolens udfordringer i etisk belysning og bæredygtighed i et livsoplysningsperspektiv. Anden del af bogen præsenterer væsentlige teorier, der understøtter arbejdet med livsoplysning. Det gælder bl.a. tanker og teorier om demokrati og menneskerettigheder, religionsvidenskabelige perspektiver på religion og religiøs diversitet, postkoloniale og dekoloniserende perspektiver, etiske positioner, samfunds- og kulturteorier og slutteligt undersøgelser i skolen: Sådan undersøger du praksisfelter.

This book explores contemporary Danish relations of colonial complicity in welfare work with newly arrived refugees (1978-2016) as recursive histories that reveal new shapes and shades of racism. Focussing on super- and subordination in helping relations of postcoloniality, the book displays the durability of coloniality and the workings of raceless racism in welfare work with refugees. Its main contribution is the excavation of stock stories of colour-blindness, potentialising and compassion, which help welfare workers invest in burying that which keeps haunting welfare work with refugees, i.e., modern ghosts of difference, docility and dignity. The book dismantles the global myth of the Danish benevolent, universalistic welfare state and it is of interest to every scholar and student, who wants to make inquiries about Danish exceptionalism and the hidden interaction between past and present, the visible and invisible in Danish welfare work with refugees.

This book explores contemporary Danish relations of colonial complicity in welfare work with newly arrived refugees (1978-2016) as recursive histories that reveal new shapes and shades of racism. Focussing on super- and subordination in helping relations of postcoloniality, the book displays the durability of coloniality and the workings of raceless racism in welfare work with refugees. Its main contribution is the excavation of stock stories of colour-blindness, potentialising and compassion, which help welfare workers invest in burying that which keeps haunting welfare work with refugees, i.e., modern ghosts of difference, docility and dignity. The book dismantles the global myth of the Danish benevolent, universalistic welfare state and it is of interest to every scholar and student, who wants to make inquiries about Danish exceptionalism and the hidden interaction between past and present, the visible and invisible in Danish welfare work with refugees.

Addressing Greenlanders, the German minority, problem children, as well as immigrants and refugees. Through historical and sociological studies of welfare work understood as statecrafting practices, which are strengthened by the presence of the other within the Danish welfare nation-state, the authors present critical analyses of the humanitarian imperialism and the civilizing missions addressing the other. The book thus challenges the idealization of the Nordic welfare state model and characterizes Danish welfare universalism as being intertwined with national integrationism and understandings of cultural superiority. At its core, the book helps us to understand the inner workings of a much-celebrated welfare nation-state, what its implications are in an era of globalization and migration, and how we could think about it differently.