Towards an Anthropological Perspective on Human Flourishing in Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8405685 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Arthur (0000-0002-4968-5843, University of Birmingham, corresponding author), David Goodman (0000-0003-2504-503X, Boston College), Matthew Clemente (0000-0002-1979-5646, Boston College) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 201-214 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Educational Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1005 • E-ISSN: 1467-8527 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00071005.2024.2401035 |
| OpenAlex | W4402573559 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 21 |
While many recognise the impact formal education has on human flourishing, often overlooked are the forces in society that shape our conception of the good life. Our understanding of flourishing is formed as much by the culture we live in as by the classrooms we learn in. This oversight impacts our ability to think clearly about flourishing because it keeps us from seeing the foundations upon which our idea of the good life is built. Contending that the language used by psychologists often reduces our understanding of human flourishing and existence we argue that the notion of the good life many of us adopt simply by existing in our modern therapeutic culture has been deeply distorted. On this basis, we advance a corrective for constricted therapeutic conceptions of flourishing, arguing that human flourishing needs ‘anthropology’ in two senses – one employed by social scientists and one by theologians and philosophers – and we make the case for the educational importance of turning to ‘anthropologies of the good’ as a positive, constructive examination of flourishing that is philosophically and theologically sophisticated enough to parse the several empirical investigations of human nature and bring clarity and insight to their findings
Art · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Flourishing · Perspective (graphical) · Sociology · Visual arts · Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies · Philosophy · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology
Phronesis (Practical Wisdom) as a Type of Contextual Integrative Thinking
On the promotion of human flourishing
Creating Capabilities
Finding consensus on well-being in education
Flourishing in critical dialogue
On Hijacking Science
History and Theory in Anthropology
Desire and the City
Human Interests; Reflections on Philosophical Anthropology
Positive Affect and the Complex Dynamics of Human Flourishing
The triumph of the therapeutic
Anthropology in Relation to Education
Dark anthropology and its others
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |