Walter Benjamin and the idea of antifascist education: introduction to a symposium

Abstract

ABSTRACT In this introduction we give a short account of the general idea of the symposium dedicated to the idea of antifascist education. The point of departure of all three contributions is Tyson Lewis’ book ‘Walter Benjamin’s Antifascist Education: From Riddles to Radio (SUNY 2020). We turn attention to the way the idea of antifascist education is understood throughout Lewis’ book, as it avoids the danger of treating fascism as a touchstone for education through giving the account of the ways education is antifascist as such. We conclude with the overview of the arguments presented by the contributors of the symposium.