EDUCATION FROM THE OTHER AND THE HOPE OF PEACE.

In the pursuit of anti-racism education, this article offers a critical analysis of the current field of peace education in mainstream schools of countries such as Canada, where the absence of armed conflict coexists with the violence of racism. Following a Levinasian conceptualization of responsibility, I argue that current educational approaches, especially when race/racism remains unaddressed and when subjugated to a neoliberal mindset and the shortcomings of democracy ideals, may not be sufficient to welcome the racialized Other and to provide all students with a true ethical education. Focusing on Black refugees and using the lenses of a peacemaking circle, Salomon's peace education framework, as well as contributions from psychoanalysis, Derrida's ethics of hospitality, and philosophers of education, this article articulates a reimaged possibility for peace education in places where the hope of peace lies exactly in the much-avoided encounter with the Other. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]