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Tiêu đề
The Aims and Methods of Liberal Education: Notes from a Nineteenth Century Pan-Africanist
Tác giả
Shilliam R.
Năm xuất bản
2016
Source title
International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society
Số trích dẫn
6
DOI
10.1007/s10767-016-9227-5
Liên kết
Tóm tắt
Liberal education is in crisis as neoliberal logics continue to shape the purpose and practice of higher education. But despite invocations of its contemporary ‘global’ context, very few commentators engage the current crisis through the provocations of postcolonial studies. A key element of postcolonial critique draws attention to the ways in which the modern humanities and social sciences are colonially inflected traditions of knowledge production. Taking this critique as a point of departure, I aim to show that the critical response to the crisis prompted by the neoliberal agenda is inadequate in so far as there has been insufficient acknowledgement that modern liberal education wishes to suture and save a public culture that is racially exclusionary. To open up this space of inquiry, I focus on the thought and practice of Edward Blyden. Born in St Thomas, Danish West Indies, Blyden migrates to Liberia. A prolific writer and educator, Blyden delivers, in 1881, his inaugural address as President of Liberia College entitled ‘The Aims and Methods of a Liberal Education for Africans’. What lessons for the present crisis might we draw from a nineteenth century Pan-Africanist advocate of liberal education? © 2016, The Author(s).
Từ khóa
Blyden; Colonialism; Liberal education; Liberia; Neoliberalism; Pan-Africanism; Race
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