Engagement in Dialogue: Tracing Our Connections or Speaking across the Space Between?

Autor/in	Alford, Leslie Maurice
Titel	Engagement in Dialogue: Tracing Our Connections or Speaking across the Space Between?
Quelle	In: Educational Philosophy and Theory, 50 (2018) 5, S.448-454 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Alford, Leslie Maurice)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1857
DOI	10.1080/00131857.2016.1167003
Schlagwörter	Educational Philosophy; Ethnic Groups; Pacific Islanders; Individualism; Collectivism; Interpersonal Relationship; Language Usage; Grammar; Values; Beliefs; Foreign Countries; Language Role; Self Concept; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Ethnie; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Individualismus; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Sprachgebrauch; Grammatik; Wertbegriff; Belief; Glaube; Ausland; Selbstkonzept; Neuseeland
Abstract	In this paper I contrast conceptions of self from two perspectives: an individualistic orientation and a communitarian approach. In doing so, the philosophical justification is Wittgenstein's idea that individualism is produced and reinforced as a way of being, thinking and interacting in community. With this contextual frame, I argue that we are shaped by the language practices of our community to ascribe meaning and interpret our own relationships with others through our language lexicon and grammar. To illustrate the communitarian perspective I refer to Maori perspectives in which connectedness is axiomatic: in particular the concepts of "whanaungatanga" and "whakapapa", as described by Ka'ai and Metge. On the basis that such concepts are predicated on language use, I suggest that we can learn the grammar of engagement in a discursive context that emphasises connectedness just as easily as in one which is founded on separateness. I argue that interacting with an other is to engage with the ideas, beliefs, and values that shape their language, even as we expose our own. Engaging between individualistic and communitarian understandings is presented as learning to bridge language gaps between different social constructs and understandings of reality. (As Provided).
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