Feeling Power

by Megan Boler, Maxine Greene (Foreword)

First published in 1999. Megan Boler combines cultural history with ethical and multicultural analyses to explore how emotions have been disciplined, suppressed, or ignored at all levels of education and in educational theory. FEELING POWER charts the philosophies and practices developed over the last century to control social conflicts arising from gen­der, class, and race. The book traces the development of progressive pedagogies from civil rights and feminist movements to Boler's own recent studies of emo­tional intelligence and emotional literacy. Drawing on the formulation of emotion as knowledge within feminist, psychobiological, and post structuralist theo­ries, Boler develops a unique theory of emotion missing from contemporary educa­tional discourses.

Genres: Nonfiction

268 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Kathrina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Worth reading twice.

[Sarah Woodward-jones]

This was more of a skim. The last chapter will be read and reread as part of my dissertation. The rest is interesting, but I didn't read in depth.

[Raoul W · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent book. It provides an excellent framework for talking about emotions from a political, feminist, and anti-racist perspective, recognizing that emotions play a central role in how people are attached to their privilege, and their socialized habits (ex. male privilege). Also offers a great reflection on a pedagogy of discomfort, and unhelpful binaries such as innocent and guilty, suggesting that we learn to live with moral ambiguity and see change from a perspective of greater community well-being as opposed to dwelling too much on what the ego fears about changing one's identity and habits, etc.

[erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

a great resource and powerful ideas

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