Education and Intercultural Identity offers a dialogue between
influential authors Zygmunt Bauman and Agostino Portera that reflects on
and discusses contemporary events and issues relating to the crisis of
global normativity, education and intercultural identity.
Centered around a previously unpublished dialogue between Bauman and
Portera, the book contains an extended introduction by Riccardo Mazzeo
that traces key themes in the dialogue and highlights the importance of
education in our globalized world. The book highlights that
intercultural and multicultural education is the best developed model to
meet modern day challenges that include religious pluralism, pollution,
and conflict. It also contains timely material relating to significant
issues affecting society today; including the refugee crisis, rising
authoritarian nationalism, and the risks and challenges of globalisation
and sustainability.
This book will be of great interest for academics, scholars and students
in the fields of intercultural education, sociology and the sociology of
education.