Modern Socratic Dialogue and Resilient Democracy
Creating the Clearing for an American Bildung
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13123789 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura J Mueller (0000-0001-8718-441X, West Texas A&M University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 83-104 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Eidos A Journal for Philosophy of Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2544-302X • E-ISSN: 2544-302X |
| Publisher | University of Warsaw (PUBLISHER • PL) |
| DOI | 10.14394/eidos.jpc.2020.0042 |
| OpenAlex | W3155850698 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
This article puts forth Modern Socratic Dialogue as a pedagogical tool for cultivating an American Bildung. Beginning with Michael Hogue's work on "resilient democracy," an associational ethos that is vulnerable and based on our lived uncertainty. To further establish this American Bildung, I investigate what it means to be American. Drawing from the works of Michael Walzer and Gloria Anzalda, I establish that "American" means unfinished, pluralistic, and embraces ambiguity. The question of how to cultivate this pluralistic, ambiguous, and vulnerable Bildung is framed by the freedom and social bonds of Wilhelm von Humboldt's theory of Bildung. For an American Bildung to flourish, freedom and social bonds can be presented and practiced in the form of Modern Socratic Dialogue -"truths" are created by the community of interlocutors, and problems and solutions are based on the experiences of the participants
Bildung · Clearing · Democracy · Economics · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Socratic method · Critical and Liberation Pedagogy · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Law · Philosophy · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education
The long haul
Ella Baker and the Black freedom movement
We make the road by walking
Wilhelm Von Humboldt’s Contribution to a Theory of Bildung
Democracy and Social Ethics
Borderlands/La Frontera
Forming Humanity
The Racial Contract
Education, Philosophy, and Morality
Socratic Method and Critical Philosophy
Do Not Block Inquiry
"What Does It Mean to Be an "American
Wilhelm Von Humboldt
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |