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Article: The politics of humility: Humility in historical Christian thought and its educational implications
Title | The politics of humility: Humility in historical Christian thought and its educational implications |
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Keywords | Christianity moral education politics of humility virtues in education |
Issue Date | 1-Jan-2023 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Citation | Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2023, v. 55, n. 2, p. 190-202 How to Cite? |
Abstract | In recent times, schools have begun to focus on issues of wellbeing, engaging with ideas from various fields such as positive psychology. It is in this context that there is a growing interest in humility, rather than this interest having emerged from debates in moral philosophy and moral education. However, to the extent that education for wellbeing initiatives might promote humility as a virtue, it is important to address the extent to which it can be considered as good. This paper critically explores the shift of humility from vice to virtue in the west with the advent of Christianity. Drawing on historical, religious, and philosophical sources, the status of humility as a moral good is brought into question. It is argued that humility can only be understood, like other virtues, within historical, political, and social context. Thus, it is in how humility is operationalised in contexts of social relations that we can evaluate its moral worth. As such, we suggest that educators and schools should take account of the contingent nature of humility, its paradoxes and politics, rather than promoting it as an unquestionable good. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/344588 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.725 |
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dc.contributor.author | Chatelier, Stephen | - |
dc.contributor.author | Jackson, Liz | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-31T06:22:25Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-07-31T06:22:25Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2023-01-01 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2023, v. 55, n. 2, p. 190-202 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0013-1857 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/344588 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In recent times, schools have begun to focus on issues of wellbeing, engaging with ideas from various fields such as positive psychology. It is in this context that there is a growing interest in humility, rather than this interest having emerged from debates in moral philosophy and moral education. However, to the extent that education for wellbeing initiatives might promote humility as a virtue, it is important to address the extent to which it can be considered as good. This paper critically explores the shift of humility from vice to virtue in the west with the advent of Christianity. Drawing on historical, religious, and philosophical sources, the status of humility as a moral good is brought into question. It is argued that humility can only be understood, like other virtues, within historical, political, and social context. Thus, it is in how humility is operationalised in contexts of social relations that we can evaluate its moral worth. As such, we suggest that educators and schools should take account of the contingent nature of humility, its paradoxes and politics, rather than promoting it as an unquestionable good. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Taylor and Francis Group | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Educational Philosophy and Theory | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | Christianity | - |
dc.subject | moral education | - |
dc.subject | politics of humility | - |
dc.subject | virtues in education | - |
dc.title | The politics of humility: Humility in historical Christian thought and its educational implications | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/00131857.2022.2081149 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85131354803 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 55 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 190 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 202 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1469-5812 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0013-1857 | - |