Belonging to and Distanciating from: reflections on Gadamer's hermeneutics, critical pedagogy, and the concept of tradition
Discussions about the Gadamer-Habermas debate continue in philosophy. But in philosophy of education, Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics is usually accused of conservatism by the defenders of critical pedagogy, and there are few studies in defense of the critical power of Gadamer's herme...
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University of Tabriz, Faculty of Literature and Forigen Languages
2022-08-01
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| description | Discussions about the Gadamer-Habermas debate continue in philosophy. But in philosophy of education, Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics is usually accused of conservatism by the defenders of critical pedagogy, and there are few studies in defense of the critical power of Gadamer's hermeneutics. In Iran, official education reform documents emphasize both guarding and reconstructing tradition, but in practice, this balance seems ambiguous. Through re-reading Gadamer's hermeneutics, this paper analyzes the critical elements of tradition. In this way, it provides a defense of education based on philosophical hermeneutics and a model for confronting traditions in education. The central claim of this study is that Gadamer's understanding of tradition has both a descriptive expression as an educational basis and a normative expression as an educational principle. The ground for the realization of both is learning through negativity. In this context, historically effected consciousness, considering tradition as an answer to a question, critical distanciation from tradition, and application of tradition will be the most important critical elements that distinguish Gadamer's hermeneutics from conservative and traditionalist hermeneutics. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b3fec7d7bd0f4406a421514a4ae841042023-09-03T10:47:34ZengUniversity of Tabriz, Faculty of Literature and Forigen LanguagesJournal of Philosophical Investigations2251-79602423-44192022-08-01163931733010.22034/jpiut.2022.52671.332415118Belonging to and Distanciating from: reflections on Gadamer's hermeneutics, critical pedagogy, and the concept of traditionAli Vahdati Daneshmand0PhD of Educational Philosophy, University of Tehran, Tehran, IranDiscussions about the Gadamer-Habermas debate continue in philosophy. But in philosophy of education, Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics is usually accused of conservatism by the defenders of critical pedagogy, and there are few studies in defense of the critical power of Gadamer's hermeneutics. In Iran, official education reform documents emphasize both guarding and reconstructing tradition, but in practice, this balance seems ambiguous. Through re-reading Gadamer's hermeneutics, this paper analyzes the critical elements of tradition. In this way, it provides a defense of education based on philosophical hermeneutics and a model for confronting traditions in education. The central claim of this study is that Gadamer's understanding of tradition has both a descriptive expression as an educational basis and a normative expression as an educational principle. The ground for the realization of both is learning through negativity. In this context, historically effected consciousness, considering tradition as an answer to a question, critical distanciation from tradition, and application of tradition will be the most important critical elements that distinguish Gadamer's hermeneutics from conservative and traditionalist hermeneutics.https://philosophy.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_15118_79b60be026925e130f6d63c9f7964c77.pdfhermeneuticsgadamertraditioncritical pedagogy |
| spellingShingle | Ali Vahdati Daneshmand Belonging to and Distanciating from: reflections on Gadamer's hermeneutics, critical pedagogy, and the concept of tradition Journal of Philosophical Investigations hermeneutics gadamer tradition critical pedagogy |
| title | Belonging to and Distanciating from: reflections on Gadamer's hermeneutics, critical pedagogy, and the concept of tradition |
| title_full | Belonging to and Distanciating from: reflections on Gadamer's hermeneutics, critical pedagogy, and the concept of tradition |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Belonging to and Distanciating from: reflections on Gadamer's hermeneutics, critical pedagogy, and the concept of tradition |
| title_short | Belonging to and Distanciating from: reflections on Gadamer's hermeneutics, critical pedagogy, and the concept of tradition |
| title_sort | belonging to and distanciating from reflections on gadamer s hermeneutics critical pedagogy and the concept of tradition |
| topic | hermeneutics gadamer tradition critical pedagogy |
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