From “Nature” to “Norm”: The Pursuit of Transcendence in Educational Philosophy

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10.2991/978-2-38476-277-4_13How to use a DOI?

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nature; norms; education; Bruno Latour; Jacques Rancière

Abstract

Throughout the history of educational philosophy, there has been a quest for ‘transcendence,’ which initially manifested as a veneration of nature, represented by natural environments, innate dispositions, and natural laws. As humans gained sufficient capability to contend with nature, causing a shift in nature’s standing within human society, ‘norms’ emerged as the second object of ‘transcendence’ to be revered. The worshipful behavior towards both types of ‘transcendence’ objects implies a similar pattern of thought, that is, making a two-tier distinction between nature and society, and within human societies themselves. Presenting a challenge to this is profoundly difficult, but the philosophies of Latour and Rancière offer us a direction that can help in rethinking contemporary education based on the foundations of ‘agency’ and ‘intellectual equality.’

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AU  - Xiaohan Wang
AU  - Boyang Nie
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DA  - 2024/09/02
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BT  - Proceedings of the 2024 10th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2024)
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SN  - 2352-5398
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