| Título: | Disenchantment and the Liberal Arts |
| Autores: | Lathangue, Robin; Trent University Sacred Heart College |
| Fecha: | 2012-08-30 |
| Publicador: | Canadian Journal of Higher Education |
| Fuente: |
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| Tipo: | research-article |
| Tema: | No aplica |
| Descripción: | ABSTRACT This paper is an enquiry into the unpredictability of the liberally educated mind. We are all familiar with the value placed on the word critical when it figures prominently in justifications for liberal arts pedagogy, as in “a liberal arts education should foster the capacity for critical thinking.” However, de- pending on the milieu in which “critical thinking” is habituated, the mean- ing of the term may degrade into a theoretical conformity and passive assent to established routines which are inevitably expressions of disapproval. This trajectory is described as disenchantment. Its origins are traced to represen- tations of the intellectual as a distinctly secular creature and, in contempo- rary philosophical developments, associated with political liberalism—both of which, it is argued, are dominated by fear. Drawing on the recent Catholic “Communio” theology of David Schindler as a way to unveil the repressed theologies and hidden ontologies of liberal neutrality, the paper concludes with a brief examination of liberal arts scholarship that is increasingly open to various models of enchantment. RÉSUMÉ Cet article se veut une interrogation quant à l’imprévisibilité de l’esprit ayant reçu une formation en arts libéraux. Nous connaissons tous la valeur accordée au terme critique lorsqu’il apparaît de manière saillante dans des justifications pour la pédagogie des arts libéraux, comme dans l’affirmation suivante : « Une formation en arts libéraux doit nourrir la pensée critique. » Toutefois, selon le milieu auquel la « pensée critique » s’est accoutumée, la signification du terme peut se dégrader en une conformité théorique et en un consentement passif envers les routines établies, qui sont inévitablement des expressions de désapprobation. On décrit cette trajectoire par le terme désenchantement. On retrace ses origines aux représentations de l’intellectuel en une créature distinctement séculaire et, avec les progrès de la philosophie contemporaine, on l’associe aujourd’hui au libéralisme politique, certains affirmant que tous deux sont dominés par la peur. Décrivant la récente théologie catholique du « communio » de David Schindler comme une façon de dévoiler les théologies refoulées et les ontologies dissimulées de la neutralité libérale, l’auteur conclut en examinant brièvement les bourses remises en arts libéraux, de plus en plus ouvertes aux différents modèles d’enchantement. |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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