Growth and Degrowth: Dewey and Self-Limitation

Autor/in	Thompson, Andrew James
Titel	Growth and Degrowth: Dewey and Self-Limitation
Quelle	In: Educational Philosophy and Theory, 54 (2022) 14, S.2532-2541 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Thompson, Andrew James)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1857
DOI	10.1080/00131857.2022.2033214
Schlagwörter	Educational Philosophy; Educational Theories; Educational Development; Social Systems; Economic Factors; Neoliberalism; Democracy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Bildungsentwicklung; Social system; Soziales System; Ökonomischer Faktor; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Demokratie
Abstract	This paper explores John Dewey's debt to Hegel by examining the relationship between his conception of growth and "Bildung." Dewey's notion of the progressive subject takes the project of education as unending--it is both a personal and collective process that strives to synthesise competing social values democratically. Despite Dewey's rejection of absolutism and idealism, his teleological commitment to democracy reveals his tendency to revert to Hegel's philosophical ideals. Although Dewey was aware of capitalism's power to eclipse the advance of democracy, the Deweyan subject is no less a rational actor than "homo economicus," making educational and democratic growth easily susceptible to market forces. This examination questions the extent to which our contemporary understanding of educational growth, inherited from Dewey, grounds itself in self-limitation--a quality that is central to the degrowth movement. This paper will evaluate whether Dewey's concept of growth is compatible with economic degrowth and its understanding of finite natural resources and the environmental dangers of capitalist expansion. An answer lies in the philosophy of Cornelius Castoriadis, who contended that self-limitation is essential for democracy to thrive and for the character of the social imaginary to shift. As we face a global environmental crisis, this shift is necessary. This article investigates whether "Bildung," growth, and Castoriadis' concept of "paideia" are all the same idea by different names, equally prone to neoliberal 'reconciliation' or able to penetrate the current dominant imaginary towards degrowth. (As Provided).
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