Invitation to heretical reading of Montessori pedagogy
Invitation to heretical reading of Montessori pedagogy

Summary/Abstract: In the article the author invites readers to initiate a certain mode of reading that – inspired by Agambenand Holmes – is called heretical reading. Following the latter, the article suggests that it isimportant to read Montessori in a heretical way in order to keep this idea open and “alive”. Thismode of reading demands constant attempts of playing with the pillars or the main categories of thiseducational approach. The article is divided into three sections. The first part refers to the socio-historicalcontext of Montessori writings and their reception in Poland. The second part problematizesthe issue of dogmatisation and privatization of the knowledge on Montessori and thus making it difficultfor the heretical reading to come into being. The last part is devoted to the preliminary sketchof the idea of heretical reading. Following Bourdieu and Agamben the author presents the mode ofplay – conceived of as an “unappropriate” use of a certain Thing – as a possible initiation of theintellectual experiment that can be called a heretical reading.

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