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The Contrasting Philosophies of Martin Buber and Frantz Fanon: The political in Education as dialogue or as defiance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

W. John Morgan  and
Alex Guilherme
W. John Morgan
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham, UK
Alex Guilherme*
Affiliation:
Liverpool Hope University, UK
*
Alex Guilherme, Liverpool Hope University, Faculty of Education, Liverpool, UK. Email: guilhea@hope.ac.uk
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Abstract

Education has two distinct but interconnected layers. There is an outer layer concerned with knowledge transfer and skills and an inner layer concerned with the development of character and relationships with others, both individually and socially. This inner layer provides the individual with the capacity to influence and to change society. In that sense, such an inner layer is ‘political’. In this article we argue that the ‘political’ in education can take two distinct forms: either that of dialogue or of defiance. We claim that the former is epitomised by the philosophy of Martin Buber and the latter by the philosophy of Frantz Fanon. Our analysis contrasting these two philosophies clarifies the implications for education, and thereby for the individual and for society.

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Diogenes , Volume 61 , Issue 1 , February 2014 , pp. 28 - 43
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Copyright © ICPHS 2015

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A version in English appeared in Buber and Education: Dialogue as Conflict Resolution. London: Routledge.

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