A Duty to Repair
Navigating the Context and Complexity of Discussing Controversial Issues
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10801469 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lisa Dillinger (0009-0002-3169-8635, University of Zurich, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 377-394 |
| Publication date | 2025-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Philosophy and Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-3746 • E-ISSN: 1573-191X |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11217-025-09982-7 |
| OpenAlex | W4408678817 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
This paper critically examines the spatial context of discussing controversial issues in educational settings. It begins by evaluating the concept of safe spaces, addressing significant critiques such as the illusion of safety, essentialism, censorship, and the negativity of learning. Next, civility is considered as an alternative, highlighting the failure of this approach to account for crucial spatial and relational dimensions. To address these gaps, the notion of “spaces of repair” is introduced. This framework seeks to integrate individual virtues with collective responsibility, emotional engagement, and empathetic communication, fostering environments where controversial issues can be addressed without neglecting the personal, emotional, and psychological effects on students. In “spaces of repair” classroom discussions are seen not only as a simulation of democratic practice, but the very enactment of democratic commitment to one another, including willingness to nurture and repair the social bonds, even through conflict and controversy
Context (archaeology · Duty · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Higher education · Philosophy of education · Political science · Sociology · Engineering · Feminist Theory and Gender Studies · History · Law · Legal Education and Practice Innovations · Legal Issues in Education · Philosophy
The Implicated Subject
What Should We Teach as Controversial? A Defense of the Epistemic Criterion
'Safe spaces'
Racing against time
Why We Argue (And How We Should)
Conflict Is Not Abuse
Being safe from what and safe for whom? A critical discussion of the conceptual metaphor of ‘safe space’
Care as a Basis for Radical Political Judgments
Thinking Controversially
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |