Nietzsche, Eternal Recurrence and Education: The Role of the Great Cultivating Thought in the Art of Self-Cultivation ("Bildung")

Autor/in	Stolz, Steven A.
Titel	Nietzsche, Eternal Recurrence and Education: The Role of the Great Cultivating Thought in the Art of Self-Cultivation ("Bildung")
Quelle	In: Journal of Philosophy of Education, 55 (2021) 1, S.186-203 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Stolz, Steven A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-8249
DOI	10.1111/1467-9752.12488
Schlagwörter	Educational Philosophy; Individual Development; Values Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Individuelle Entwicklung; Werterziehung
Abstract	In this essay, I briefly outline Nietzsche's doctrine of the eternal recurrence that has implications for education, and life in general; and, lastly, I argue that from an educational point of view, Nietzsche's doctrine of the eternal recurrence is best viewed as the great cultivating thought that has radical ramifications for any project of character education. Indeed, Nietzsche's concern with self-cultivation ("Bildung") to a large degree brings together the central tenets of his thinking to emphasise an ethics of character that is meant to serve as an alternative approach to cultivating character or the self in such a way that it reveals 'what one is' now ("being"), and who they could become ("becoming"). In order to bring this about, Nietzsche does not conceive the eternal recurrence as a theoretical doctrine, but as an exercise that we incorporate into our lives as a habitual practice, vis-à-vis, through repeated and prolonged meditation, reflection, thought and dialogue on the significance of the idea in such a way that it transforms the individual for the better. Subsequently, the idea of the eternal recurrence only becomes cultivating and "truly" educational if it transforms our lives in such a way that we come to revalue the self as a work of art to a point where we are "able" to educate ourselves "against" our age. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01