Khen Lampert
Khen Lampert is an educator and a philosopher who teaches Philosophy, History, Cultural Studies and Education.[1] He has extensive experience working with children in underprivileged neighborhoods in Israel, both Jewish and Arab. Lampert is an important contributor to philosophy-of-culture and education.[2] His work draws from a wide range of theoretical traditions extending from Marx to Paulo Freire; from Buddhism to modern-Christianity; from Herbert Marcuse to Heinz Kohut. He is an advocate of radical-non-violent social-activism vigorously opposing neoliberalism (which he terms as ‘neocapitalism’),[3] militarism, fundamentalism, and the post-modern attacks against the Welfare state, the youth and the poor. Lampert's important work focuses on the ‘Theory of Radical Compassion’, a term he coined to describe the nature of an alternative socio-educational reality. According to Lampert, a conception of radical compassion, based on the imperative to change reality, is not only necessary, but possible, as radical compassion is rooted deep in our human nature and is not mediated by culture.[4]
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Lampert is the author of:
- Traditions of Compassion: From Religious Duty to Social Activism (2005);
- Compassionate Education: Prolegomena for Radical Schooling (2003);
- Empathic Education - A Critique of Neocapitalism (2008 in Hebrew);
- A voice Unheard: A different Insight on Children Distress (2005 in Hebrew), co-authored with Gadi Avidan and Gish Amit
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- ^ Author: Khen Lampert
- ^ (Hebrew) http://www.text.org.il/index.php?book=0804084
- ^ Lampert, K., Compassionate Education: Prolegomena for Radical Schooling , University-Press of Amer., 2003; ISBN 978-0761826415; pp 73-92
- ^ Lampert K., Traditions of Compassion: From Religious Duty to Social Activism, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2006; ISBN 978-1403985279; pp 150-175
