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題名 Spiritual Exercise as Techne: Philosophy as a Way of Liberating Education 作者 蔡偉鼎
Tsai, Wei-Ding
Lin, Shu-Fen
Chistyakov, Denis貢獻者 哲學系 關鍵詞 philosophy of education; techne; eudaimonia; virtue; spiritual exercise; praxis; life; nature; Hadot; Heidegger; Aristotle; techne 日期 2021-12 上傳時間 2-Dec-2022 15:23:00 (UTC+8) 摘要 The study of education systems as social phenomena has led scholars to question the role of education in modern society. The question of how to improve education naturally leads to concerns about what is wrong with the present education system. If education is meant to elevate the next generation, how can it meet the goal of ensuring a meaningful existence for those being educated? Scholars have demonstrated that education has been reduced to a process of the construction of objects, where curriculum as techne commodifies students into products with market value. We propose that the tendency of interpreting techne as technology is a perspective of the modern age, and the rules of modern education are based on the rules of modern technology, under the guidance of the paradigm of productivity. We will introduce a broader interpretation of techne which frames it as the cultivation of virtue, i.e., virtue-techne. On this basis, education could be viewed as techne in the sense of praxis (practice, exercise), rather than as fabrication in the sense of production. We highlight the rising rate of student suicides in Taiwan in recent years, where we determine the education system lacks a focus on praxis. This article investigates alternative praxis-oriented notions of education, from Aristotle`s cultivation of virtue to Hadot`s "spiritual exercises," to advocate for a shift away from the production paradigm. Indebted to Heidegger, we clarify his "techne as revealing" by emphasizing two frameworks for education: The first, modern education being valued by its adherence to metrics based in the paradigm of production. The second, education as a process wherein its value is derived from the life context of the participating individual. Finally, as a comparative study, we explore the current state of education in Russia and Taiwan, and present the case of one high school in Taiwan which has adopted the practice of spiritual exercises in its curriculum, including a required hike to the peak of Taiwan`s tallest mountain, to cultivate a sense of (and value for) the liberated life before its students graduate. 關聯 RUDN Journal of Philosophy, Vol.25, No.4, pp.640-655 資料類型 article DOI https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-2302-2021-25-4-640-655 dc.contributor 哲學系 dc.creator (作者) 蔡偉鼎 dc.creator (作者) Tsai, Wei-Ding dc.creator (作者) Lin, Shu-Fen dc.creator (作者) Chistyakov, Denis dc.date (日期) 2021-12 dc.date.accessioned 2-Dec-2022 15:23:00 (UTC+8) - dc.date.available 2-Dec-2022 15:23:00 (UTC+8) - dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 2-Dec-2022 15:23:00 (UTC+8) - dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/142656 - dc.description.abstract (摘要) The study of education systems as social phenomena has led scholars to question the role of education in modern society. The question of how to improve education naturally leads to concerns about what is wrong with the present education system. If education is meant to elevate the next generation, how can it meet the goal of ensuring a meaningful existence for those being educated? Scholars have demonstrated that education has been reduced to a process of the construction of objects, where curriculum as techne commodifies students into products with market value. We propose that the tendency of interpreting techne as technology is a perspective of the modern age, and the rules of modern education are based on the rules of modern technology, under the guidance of the paradigm of productivity. We will introduce a broader interpretation of techne which frames it as the cultivation of virtue, i.e., virtue-techne. On this basis, education could be viewed as techne in the sense of praxis (practice, exercise), rather than as fabrication in the sense of production. We highlight the rising rate of student suicides in Taiwan in recent years, where we determine the education system lacks a focus on praxis. This article investigates alternative praxis-oriented notions of education, from Aristotle`s cultivation of virtue to Hadot`s "spiritual exercises," to advocate for a shift away from the production paradigm. Indebted to Heidegger, we clarify his "techne as revealing" by emphasizing two frameworks for education: The first, modern education being valued by its adherence to metrics based in the paradigm of production. The second, education as a process wherein its value is derived from the life context of the participating individual. Finally, as a comparative study, we explore the current state of education in Russia and Taiwan, and present the case of one high school in Taiwan which has adopted the practice of spiritual exercises in its curriculum, including a required hike to the peak of Taiwan`s tallest mountain, to cultivate a sense of (and value for) the liberated life before its students graduate. dc.format.extent 116 bytes - dc.format.mimetype text/html - dc.relation (關聯) RUDN Journal of Philosophy, Vol.25, No.4, pp.640-655 dc.subject (關鍵詞) philosophy of education; techne; eudaimonia; virtue; spiritual exercise; praxis; life; nature; Hadot; Heidegger; Aristotle; techne dc.title (題名) Spiritual Exercise as Techne: Philosophy as a Way of Liberating Education dc.type (資料類型) article dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.22363/2313-2302-2021-25-4-640-655 dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-2302-2021-25-4-640-655
