Freedom, aesthetics, and the agôn of living in Maxine Greene's philosophy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12425609 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Baldacchino (0000-0002-6575-3850, University of Dundee, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 18-38 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Education Pedagogy & Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1071-4413 • E-ISSN: 1556-3022 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10714413.2017.1262153 |
| OpenAlex | W2588028591 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
Maxine Greene argues that to take a position is to make a choice. This choice is concrete, free and active. It is a matter by which one does philosophy and by which one engages one’s action with the world. More importantly, Greene’s work confirms that we cannot essentialize our choices into a series of experiential reactions. Many seem to forget that choices are active decisions in that they deeply represent our ability to turn experience into forms of anticipation. Starting with experience, Greene asserts a Deweyian stance, especially when this is markedly posed as active, rather than passive. When it comes to choice there is a curious relationship between Greene’s and Arendt’s approach on the relationship between choice, freedom and action. This paper will confirm how beyond Arendt and Dewey, Greene asserts her own originality, where her philosophical approach is often mediated by her equally original take on art and aesthetics education. In Greene, one finds how choice also presents us with necessary tensions that articulate an agôn of living; indeed, an agôn of creation by which we sustain our ways of living—democratically and together—but also by struggling against what continues to separate us into isolated individuals in societies that are fragmented by obstacles and oppression
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Painting · Sociology · Vision · Visual arts · Anthropology · Canadian Identity and History · French Urban and Social Studies · Historical and Scientific Studies
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |