Education, humanity and animality: reflections for a Derridean philosophy of education

Authors

  • Ana Sorin Universidad de Buenos Aires. Argentina Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14516/fde.564

Keywords:

Philosophy, Ethics, education, language

Abstract

This article explores the impact that Emmanuel Lévinas’s thinking has had on the philosophy of education, especially in Spain and Latin America, and particularly in the works of Joan-Carles Mèlich and Fernando Bárcena. It examines its relevance and usefulness in order to think about a series of pressing ethical and metaphysical questions within the discipline, which have to do with the notion of humanity, and also with the limit between humanity and animality. It seeks to emphasize how such speculations are both effects as determinants factor of teaching. As will be developed, these are not peripheral aspects but primordial when it comes to thinking the philosophy of education and, moreover, to create an attentive thought with otherness. The most palpable conclusion of the research is that the «posmetaphysical ethic» proposed by Mélich, insofar as it is based on the Levinasian notion of «face», refers to religious humanism. On the other hand, this paper aims to highlight the practical and political side of Jacques Derrida’s thought – so many times ignored –, as well as to point out its relevance to the educational question in this new century.

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Published

2018-01-01

How to Cite

Education, humanity and animality: reflections for a Derridean philosophy of education. (2018). Foro De Educación, 16(24), 79-97. https://doi.org/10.14516/fde.564

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