Bild, Bildung and the 'Romance of the Soul': Reflections upon the Image of Meister Eckhart

Autor/in	Hedley, Douglas
Titel	Bild, Bildung and the 'Romance of the Soul': Reflections upon the Image of Meister Eckhart
Quelle	In: Educational Philosophy and Theory, 50 (2018) 6-7, S.614-620 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1857
DOI	10.1080/00131857.2017.1373343
Schlagwörter	Educational Philosophy; Christianity; Religious Factors; Ethics; Aesthetics; Moral Values; Religion; Sculpture; Individual Development; Self Concept; Attachment Behavior; Transformative Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Christentum; Ethik; Ästhetik; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Bildhauerei; Individuelle Entwicklung; Selbstkonzept; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Pädagogische Transformation
Abstract	In this article, the "Bild" or image of the sculptor used by Plotinus and adapted by his Christian follower Meister Eckhart forms the basis of a reflection on the religious or otherworldly dimension in ethics (as opposed to a reductionist or functionalist conception of ethics with its focus on human happiness in the sense of worldly success) and on the relationship of esthetics, morality, and religion. The image of the sculptor who chips away at his sculpture exemplifies the relationship of the individual to its divine archetype. Such knowledge involves transformation of the knower, a turning back of the image to the archetype, a shaping of the self that emerges from recognition of its true identity and vocation. This constitutes the dynamic dimension of "Bildung" in Eckhart as "educere," a leading forth from attachment to particular things ("ent-bilden") and a purification and reformation of the self according to its true image ("Bild"). The turning back is thereby a turning within to the supreme Good, the nobility and the purity of the Divine nature, which is the origin of the true self and its intrinsic dignity as image of its transcendent source. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01