Citizenship Education and the Personalization of Democracy

Hubert J.M. Hermans is professor emeritus of psychology at Radboud University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He is honorary president of the International Society for Dialogical Science and creator of Dialogical Self Theory. For his scientific merits he was decorated as Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion. He is first author of more than 200 books and articles in scientific journals. Rob Bartels is a lecturer and teacher trainer in Philosophy and Educational Sciences. He wrote his PhD dissertation on the subject of The Contribution of Philosophy with Children to Democratic Education.

PART 1: OPPOSITION; 1. I-positions: who are you and where are you?; 2. Are you tolerant vis-à-vis alternative viewpoints?; 3. Suspension of judgement: why is it so difficult?; 4. Flexible change of perspective: becoming a dancer; 5. Meta positions: look at yourself as if from a helicopter in the sky; 6. Tolerance for uncertainty: helpful or unhelpful?; 7. Emotion and reason: can they hold hands?; Epilogue Part 1; Quiz Part 1; PART 2: COOPERATION; 8. Learning from yourself; 9. The power of listening; 10. When values matter; 11. Depolarizing of opposition; 12. From debate to dialogue; 13. Empathy: a frequently used word, but difficult to express; Epilogue Part 2; Quiz Part 2; PART 3: PARTICIPATION; 14. Four levels of identity: are you just an individual or more than that?; 15. From group identity to human identity: what does it mean when you call yourself "human"?; 16. Are we masters of the earth or part of it?; 17. How can we promote inner democracy?; 18. What obstructs our inner democracy?; Epilogue Part 3; Quiz Part 3