Philosophy Education and the Reconstruction of Subjectivity and Modernity in Africa

Philosophy Education and the Reconstruction of Subjectivity and Modernity in Africa

Abstract The article explores the role that can be played by philosophy education in terms of addressing the crisis of subjectivity and modernity in Africa. Philosophy education in Africa can play the function of liberating Africans from alien modalities of existence and ways of being, and in return...

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Published in:Theoria (Pietermaritzburg) Vol. 71; no. 179; pp. 108 - 128
Main Author: Merawi, Fasil
Format: Journal Article
Language:Afrikaans
English
Published: New York Berghahn Books, Inc 01-06-2024
Subjects:
Black people
Colonialism
Cultural heritage
Curricula
Education
Eurocentrism
Human subjects
Modernity
Nationalism
Philosophy
Subjectivity
Traditions
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Summary:Abstract The article explores the role that can be played by philosophy education in terms of addressing the crisis of subjectivity and modernity in Africa. Philosophy education in Africa can play the function of liberating Africans from alien modalities of existence and ways of being, and in return embarking on a new journey of self-invention. Without succumbing to a reactive epistemic nationalism that identifies the totality of European philosophy with the ideologies of colonialism, there is a need to develop a form of philosophy education that is cognisant of the troubled path within which the African mode of individual existence and modernity are constituted within. This contributes to the development of a vision of an African future that is founded on collective histories and struggles.
ISSN:0040-5817
1558-5816
DOI:10.3167/th.2024.7117905