Michael Merry
Professional Bio
Michael S. Merry is professor of philosophy of education in the faculty of social and behavioral sciences and a fellow with both the Institute for Migration and Ethnicity Studies and the Institute for Inequality Studies, University of Amsterdam. He studied comparative religion and philosophy in Chicago, Leuven and New York before earning his doctorate in philosophy and educational policy studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His writing covers a wide range of topics, though he engages primarily in philosophy and ethics in the field of education.
He specializes in three distinct yet overlapping areas of study. These are: school segregation and voluntary separation; immigration and minority status; and stigma, prejudice and the particularities of identity. His work often examines alternative pedagogies that aim to strengthen the self-determination of minority (immigrant and indigenous) individuals through shared values, practices, and group membership. Other foci of his writing include: citizenship and civic virtue, tensions that occur between freedom and equality; expressions of paternalism in society; and the conflicts that arise between the state, parents and children.
Prof. dr. Merry is hoogleraar Opvoedkunde, in het bijzonder Grondslagen en Geschiedenis van de Onderwijskundige Wetenschappen, aan de Faculteit der Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen van de Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA).
Books
(2013) From Segregation to Separation: a philosophical study (Palgrave Macmillan)
(2010) Citizenship, Identity and Education in Muslim Communities: essays on attachment and obligation (Palgrave Macmillan)
(2007) Culture, Identity and Islamic Schooling: a philosophical approach (Palgrave Macmillan)
Selected Recent Publications
(2012) Segregation and Civic Virtue, Educational Theory (62) 4.
(2012) Equality on Different Terms: the case of Dutch Hindu schools, Education and Urban Society (44) 5.
(2012) Paternalism, Obesity and Tolerable Levels of Risk, Democracy and Education (20) 1: 1-6.
(2012) Equality, Self Respect and Voluntary Separation, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (15) 1: 79-100.
(2011) The Relevance of Cosmopolitanism for Moral Education, Journal of Moral Education, (40): 1: 1-18.
(2010) Restricted Liberty, Parental Choice and Homeschooling, Journal of Philosophy of Education, (44) 4: 497-514.
(2009) Patriotism, History and the Legitimate Aims of American Education, Educational Philosophy and Theory (41) 4: 378-398.
(2008) Constructing an Authentic Self: the challenges and promise of African-centered pedagogy, American Journal of Education (115) 1: 35-64.
(2008) Educational Justice and the Gifted, Theory and Research in Education (6) 1: 47-70
(2007) Should the State Fund Religious Schools? Journal of Applied Philosophy (24) 3: 255-270.
(2005) Social Exclusion of MuslimYouth in Flemish- and French-Speaking Belgian Schools, Comparative Education Review (49) 1: 1-22.
(2004) Libertarian Bioethics and Religion: the case of H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr., Bioethics (18) 5: 385-405.
2010
Contributors include:
Robert Hefner
Tariq Modood
Andrew March
Lucas Swaine
Charlene Tan & Intan Mokhtar
Rosnani Hashim & Yedullah Kazmi
Matthew Nelson
Ahmet Kuru
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