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Europe and the World of Learning: Orthodoxy and Aspiration in the Wake of Modernity
Author(s) -
Hogan Pádraig
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of philosophy of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.501
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9752
pISSN - 0309-8249
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9752.00101
Subject(s) - enlightenment , postmodernism , pluralism (philosophy) , orthodoxy , modernity , sketch , sociology , late modernity , context (archaeology) , epistemology , power (physics) , faith , relativism , aesthetics , social science , philosophy , history , theology , archaeology , algorithm , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics
If Rome was for centuries the centre of power and influence for Christendom and the European world of learning associated with it, Brussels can claim to be such a twofold centre in the late twentieth century. The radical pluralism and postmodernist orientations which are now part of the Enlightenment legacy becloud the point that a new uniformity of belief and outlook—mercenary rather than spiritual—furnishes the context for most educational policy‐making in European countries. Far from calling for a return to a patriarchal past, the paper attempts to sketch an understanding of education as a universally defensible practice, while addressing the challenges of both postmodernism and the new uniformity.