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ERIC Number: EJ686783
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Aug
Pages: 10
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0309-8249
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Don't Fence Me In: The Liberation of Undomesticated Critique
Ruitenberg, Claudia
Journal of Philosophy of Education, v38 n3 p341-350 Aug 2004
In response to Helmut Heid's critique of domesticated philosophical critique, I focus on the metaphor of domestication, which is central to his article. Drawing on the work of Jacques Derrida, I offer a deconstructive critique of the opposition between domesticated and undomesticated critique, arguing that a clear conceptual demarcation between the two is impossible, and that domesticated and undomesticated critique always carry each other's traces. I explore connections between the undomesticated and das Unheimliche (Freud's Uncanny), as well as differences between Helmut Heid's and Paulo Freire's interpretation and use of the concepts of domestication and liberation. Lastly, I examine how educators might go about a pedagogy of critique. I argue that critique can and should be understood and taught as a tradition, but one that is heterogeneous rather than monolithic. A careful reception of this translated and metonymic tradition of critique will enable students to see the spaces in which new critique - and critique of critique - is possible.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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