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Letseka, Moeketsi – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2012
The article defends ubuntu against the assault by Enslin and Horsthemke ("Comp Educ" 40(4):545-558, 2004). It challenges claims that the Africanist/Afrocentrist project, in which the philosophy of ubuntu is central, faces numerous problems, involves substantial political, moral, epistemological and educational errors, and should…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Caring, Democracy, Citizenship Education
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Lambeir, Bert; Smeyers, Paul – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2003
Discusses nihilism, Nietzsche's reevaluation of values, and Foucault's concept of "life as a work of art" as a way to give shape to one's life. Argues that current forms of popular pleasure are reminiscent of a revaluation to overcome nihilism. Educators need allow children to develop an image of themselves that they can live with.…
Descriptors: Character Education, Citizenship Education, Community Colleges, Ethical Instruction