RENÁN VEGA CANTOR
Education after Gaza

The title of this text paraphrases Education After Auschwitz^PDF, the title of a radio lecture given by the German philosopher Theodor Adorno in 1966 and later published in printed form, the first lines of which read as follows: “Demanding that Auschwitz never happen again is the first requirement of all education. It precedes all others so much that I don’t think I should or can justify it. I can’t understand why we didn’t care so much about it until today. Justifying it would be somewhat monstrous in the face of the monstrosity of what happened. […] Discussing ideals in the field of education leads to nothing in the face of this demand: never again Auschwitz. This was the type of barbarism against which all education stands.”

Today we are faced with a repetition of the genocidal barbarism by Israel against the Palestinian people.   In this essay, Colombian historian Renán Vega Cantor outlines what critical educators driven by a humanist ethic could and should be doing.

English translation by Milena Rampoldi, revised by Supriyo Chatterjee

Contents

INTRODUCTION

THE EDUCATIONAL GENOCIDE IN GAZA

THE EDUCATIONAL IMPACT OF THE GENOCIDE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

THE EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT OF GENOCIDE

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMED INTO AN INSTRUMENT OF GENOCIDE

PALESTINIAN RIGHT TO RESISTANCE

AS EDUCATORS WE MUST EXPRESS OUR MORAL OUTRAGE

WHAT WE CAN AND MUST DO AS CRITICAL EDUCATORS

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