From Anthropocentrism to Post-humanism in the Educational Debate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22343268 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alessandro Ferrante (University of Milano-Bicocca), Daniele Sartori (0000-0003-3634-0317, Kingston University) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Issue | 4.2 |
| Pages | 175-193 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2283-3196 • E-ISSN: 2280-9643 |
| Publisher | Led Edizioni Universitarie (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.7358/rela-2016-002-fesa |
| OpenAlex | W2556178987 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 10 |
This paper explores the impact post-human stance has on the study of the learning process. It shows how this new paradigm which focuses upon the relationship between human and non-human modifies our understanding of education. First, we argue that the educational debate is largely inspired by an anthropocentric perspective. It is grounded in the notion of human self-determination and it neglects the role of non-human factors in the learner’s development. Furthermore, non-humans (both animals and machines) are usually considered as something to be used: in other words, they are instruments. This fact notwithstanding, there is a small minority of contemporary learning theories that investigate the relationship between human and non-human from a non-anthropocentric point of view. An overview of these theories is offered in the second part of the paper. Finally the use of Latour’s Actor-Network Theory (ANT) in educational research will be explored to show one of the possible non-anthropocentric methods of conceiving and investigating the learning process. According to ANT, learning can be interpreted as the effect of a network made up of heterogeneous elements, both human and non-human
Actor–network theory · Anthropocentrism · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Human being · Humanism · Humanity · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Digital Education and Society · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Law · Philosophy · Social Representations and Identity · Artificial Intelligence
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1.29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |