Dissenting Non-Dissenting: 'Resistance through Culture'

Autor/in	Dronsfield, Jonathan Lahey
Titel	Dissenting Non-Dissenting: 'Resistance through Culture'
Quelle	In: Educational Philosophy and Theory, 55 (2023) 5, S.586-595 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Dronsfield, Jonathan Lahey)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1857
DOI	10.1080/00131857.2021.1933943
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Social Systems; Political Attitudes; Dissent; Cultural Maintenance; Educational Philosophy; Freedom; Authoritarianism; Individualism; Gifted; Gender Bias; Females; Authors; Debate; Awards; Immigrants; Language Attitudes; Freedom of Speech; Self Concept; Socialization; Interpersonal Relationship; Metacognition; Censorship; Gender Differences; Romania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Social system; Soziales System; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Dissens; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Freiheit; Autoritarismus; Individualismus; Begabter, Hoch Begabter; Geschlechterstereotyp; Weibliches Geschlecht; Author; Autor; Autorin; Debating; Streitgespräch; Award; Auszeichnung; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Sprachverhalten; Redefreiheit; Selbstkonzept; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Politische Zensur; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rumänien
Abstract	Putting into question its central presupposition of 'inner freedom', this paper deconstructs the 'resistance through culture' of the Paltinis School of dissident thinkers in Romania under communism in the 1970s and 80s. The philosopher Constantin Noica, and his follower Gabriel Liiceanu, argue that resistance to authoritarian repression and dictatorial regimes is best achieved by preserving culture by schooling selected individuals in that culture rather than through direct political action or publicly speaking out. Adducing precisely which cultural values underpin the arguments of these thinkers -- values such as purity, exceptionalism, individualism and genius -- I show that the culture propounded by them is essentially patriarchal and, further, that this culture is complicit with the very tyranny it seeks to resist: philosophically, ideologically and in practice. This is evidenced by the exclusion of women from the culture espoused. Additionally, by focussing on a fairly recent debate between Liiceanu and Nobel prize-winning author Herta Müller, herself an exile from communist Romania, I delineate two opposing philosophies of language which might best be described as "birth of the word is in the head" versus "birth of the word is on the page", effectively re-staging a problem going back to early defences of liberty, for example in Spinoza and Mill, the relationship between freedom of thought and freedom of expression. Only by understanding selves as linguistic bodies whose language is socialised and shared through affective relations to others and to oneself do we arm ourselves with the resources to resist censorship, repression and tyranny. (As Provided).
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