Indigenous education and the metaphysics of presence : a worlded philosophy / Carl Mika.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mika, Carl, author.

Series:

New directions in the philosophy of education series

New directions in the philosophy of education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Philosophy, Māori.

Māori (New Zealand people)--Education.

Māori (New Zealand people).

Ethnoscience.

Physical Description:

xiii, 162 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Summary:

Drawing upon both Western and indigenous philosophies, this book engages with the indigenous self s relationship with objects around them, and how this has changed due to colonisation through a metaphysics of presence. Chapters explore the portrayal of the self in the West, examining key philosophers from Heraclitus to Heidegger and combining important theoretical ideas alongside key events which produced a greater reliance on visibility and appearance in the classroom, and in the language of education. The changes that have taken place surrounding visibility, appearance, certainty and hiddenness have influenced indigenous populations and their approaches to presence and education.

Contents:

Introduction

An indigenous philosophy of worldedness

Ako: a Maori example of worldedness

An indigenous dialogue with Heidegger: the consequences of presence

Presence, the Maori student and writer/critic, and Ako: Novalis and Derrida

Cause for optimism?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138846302

1138846309

OCLC:

959922701