AUTONOMY OR HETERONOMY? LEVINAS'S CHALLENGE TO MODERNISM AND POSTMODERNISM

AUTONOMY OR HETERONOMY? LEVINAS'S CHALLENGE TO MODERNISM AND POSTMODERNISM

Examines ethics in relation to postmodernism, arguing that ethics, subsumed in the ontology of situatedness, is problematic in education and could encourage reincarnation of the violence postmodernism seeks to overcome. Levinas's work is used to argue that ethics cannot be subsumed by ontology...

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Veröffentlicht in:Educational theory 1995-06, Vol.45 (2), p.167-189
Hauptverfasser: Child, Mark, Williams, David D., Birch, A. Jane, Boody, Robert M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Autonomy
Education
Educational Theories
Ethical Instruction
Ethics
Heteronomy
Higher Education
Levinas (Emmanuel)
Modernism
Modernity
Moral Values
Ontology
Phenomenology
Philosophers
Postmodernism
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Zusammenfassung:Examines ethics in relation to postmodernism, arguing that ethics, subsumed in the ontology of situatedness, is problematic in education and could encourage reincarnation of the violence postmodernism seeks to overcome. Levinas's work is used to argue that ethics cannot be subsumed by ontology but rather precedes ontology, highlighting autonomy and heteronomy in the philosopher's search for truth. (SM)
ISSN:0013-2004
1741-5446
DOI:10.1111/j.1741-5446.1995.00167.x