The Lack of Philosophical Knowledge in Che Guevara’s Pedagogy: Fetishizing <i>Love</i> for Justice and Rage against Imperialism at the Expense of <i>Logos</i>
Most research on Ernesto “Che” Guevara has been concerned with emphasizing his ideological Marxist commitments and anti-imperial material objectives. These scholarly concerns usually constellate recycled subjective themes highlighting the revolutionary leader hating injustice, and loving justice, in...
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| description | Most research on Ernesto “Che” Guevara has been concerned with emphasizing his ideological Marxist commitments and anti-imperial material objectives. These scholarly concerns usually constellate recycled subjective themes highlighting the revolutionary leader hating injustice, and loving justice, in tandem with the objective of eliminating imperialism and advancing a Third World project. In 2012, Che’s <i>Apuntes filósoficos</i> (Eng. Philosophical Notes) were published and highlighted that his exposure to philosophy regrettably occurred late in his life, and surprisingly, the difficulty he had in reading Marx and Hegel. The objective, therefore, of this multidisciplinary research navigating law, theology, philosophy, and politics is threefold. First, it alludes to and critiques the familiar pedagogy of Guevara emphasizing the importance of developing a “theory in action”, “learning through action”, being a “humanist”, and “leading by example”. Secondly, it considers the consequences of Che reifying emotion (eros) over reason (logos) thereby providing a possible answer to his “failed revolutionary story” in the Congo and Bolivia with his pedagogy involving an unstable compound mixing the emotion of compassion with rage thus clouding his reason. Finally, the third section highlights that we should not relegate emotion away from the sphere of political discourse, but rather harmonize it with reason to avoid chaotic and unpredictable errors based on <i>subjective truths</i>. Emphasizing the former at the expense of the latter—as maintained by a realist approach to International Relations and positivist jurisprudence accenting International Law—risks undermining scholarship challenging the immoral consequences arising from a naturalized assumption separating reason and revelation thus decriminalizing colonial practices characterizing the North and South. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3897cf4310ca4c03a66dae2be3babab22024-04-03T08:38:43ZengMDPI AGPhilosophies2409-92872022-12-017614210.3390/philosophies7060142The Lack of Philosophical Knowledge in Che Guevara’s Pedagogy: Fetishizing <i>Love</i> for Justice and Rage against Imperialism at the Expense of <i>Logos</i>Khaled Al-Kassimi0Political Science and International Relations, American University in the Emirates, Dubai 503000, United Arab EmiratesMost research on Ernesto “Che” Guevara has been concerned with emphasizing his ideological Marxist commitments and anti-imperial material objectives. These scholarly concerns usually constellate recycled subjective themes highlighting the revolutionary leader hating injustice, and loving justice, in tandem with the objective of eliminating imperialism and advancing a Third World project. In 2012, Che’s <i>Apuntes filósoficos</i> (Eng. Philosophical Notes) were published and highlighted that his exposure to philosophy regrettably occurred late in his life, and surprisingly, the difficulty he had in reading Marx and Hegel. The objective, therefore, of this multidisciplinary research navigating law, theology, philosophy, and politics is threefold. First, it alludes to and critiques the familiar pedagogy of Guevara emphasizing the importance of developing a “theory in action”, “learning through action”, being a “humanist”, and “leading by example”. Secondly, it considers the consequences of Che reifying emotion (eros) over reason (logos) thereby providing a possible answer to his “failed revolutionary story” in the Congo and Bolivia with his pedagogy involving an unstable compound mixing the emotion of compassion with rage thus clouding his reason. Finally, the third section highlights that we should not relegate emotion away from the sphere of political discourse, but rather harmonize it with reason to avoid chaotic and unpredictable errors based on <i>subjective truths</i>. Emphasizing the former at the expense of the latter—as maintained by a realist approach to International Relations and positivist jurisprudence accenting International Law—risks undermining scholarship challenging the immoral consequences arising from a naturalized assumption separating reason and revelation thus decriminalizing colonial practices characterizing the North and South.https://www.mdpi.com/2409-9287/7/6/142AgapeAmilcar Cabral<i>Apuntes filósofico</i>AristotleBoliviaCongo |
| spellingShingle | Khaled Al-Kassimi The Lack of Philosophical Knowledge in Che Guevara’s Pedagogy: Fetishizing <i>Love</i> for Justice and Rage against Imperialism at the Expense of <i>Logos</i> Philosophies Agape Amilcar Cabral <i>Apuntes filósofico</i> Aristotle Bolivia Congo |
| title | The Lack of Philosophical Knowledge in Che Guevara’s Pedagogy: Fetishizing <i>Love</i> for Justice and Rage against Imperialism at the Expense of <i>Logos</i> |
| title_full | The Lack of Philosophical Knowledge in Che Guevara’s Pedagogy: Fetishizing <i>Love</i> for Justice and Rage against Imperialism at the Expense of <i>Logos</i> |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The Lack of Philosophical Knowledge in Che Guevara’s Pedagogy: Fetishizing <i>Love</i> for Justice and Rage against Imperialism at the Expense of <i>Logos</i> |
| title_short | The Lack of Philosophical Knowledge in Che Guevara’s Pedagogy: Fetishizing <i>Love</i> for Justice and Rage against Imperialism at the Expense of <i>Logos</i> |
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| topic | Agape Amilcar Cabral <i>Apuntes filósofico</i> Aristotle Bolivia Congo |
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