Lyotard, Nihilism and Education

Autor/in	Peters, Michael A.
Titel	Lyotard, Nihilism and Education
Quelle	In: Studies in Philosophy and Education, 25 (2006) 4, S.303-314 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0039-3746
DOI	10.1007/s11217-006-9004-4
Schlagwörter	Educational Philosophy; Postmodernism; World Views; Epistemology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Postmoderne; World view; Weltanschauung; Erkenntnistheorie
Abstract	This paper argues the Lyotard's The Postmodern Condition is to be interpreted as a response to nihilism, especially in relation to the question of the legitimation of knowledge and the so-called crisis of narratives, and that, therefore, it provides an appropriate response to the question of nihilism in educational philosophy. The paper begins with a discussion of Nietzsche's and Heidegger's views of nihilism as a prolegomenon to Lyotard's views concerning European nihilism and the end of grand narratives. These are important sources for a philosophical reception of the problem and the context in which Lyotard formulates his response and the immediate sources against that conditions Lyotard's response. The problem of nihilism raises its head in education in a double way: in relation to both the foundation of knowledge and the problem of its legitimation (The Postmodern Condition) and the problem of values (The Differend). (As Provided).
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