Säfström, Carl Anders (2020) The ethical-political potentiality of the educational present: aristocratic principle versus democratic principle. Teoría de la Educación. Revista Interuniversitaria, 33 (1). pp. 11-33. ISSN 1130-3743

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This paper will explore a Sophist tradition of educational thought, which is concerned with the world and not a sphere of ideas as distinct from the world, and to suggest some central distinctions and concepts following from such tradition today. The distinctions which are discussed are between; upbringing, schooling and education; aristocratic versus democratic principle of education; aristocratic versus democratic conception of nature; and, culture as static versus culture as praxis. Equality is highlighted in the paper as a central concept for democracy as well as education and are discussed through Jacques Rancière. The distinctions established will also make clear what is at stake if we consider educational thought as conditional for democracy and a liveable life for anyone. The contrast between the aristocratic and the democratic principle for education will centre on conceptions of violence and nonviolence, in accordance with Judith Butler and Franco «Bifo» Berardi’s analyses. In a final paragraph the paper discusses how equality play out in relation to teaching, and the discussion is extended by exploring Judith Butler’s conception of ‘grievability’. The paper concludes by suggesting that education is the ethical-political potentiality of a new beginning within the present order of things, and therefore the very praxis of change of this order, and therefore what makes paideia possible in the first place

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Cite as: Säfström, C.A. 2021, "The ethical-political potentiality of the educational present: aristocratic principle versus democratic principle", Teoría de la Educación ; Revista Interuniversitaria, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 11. 2021. This work is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.
Keywords:	equality; Rancière; Butler; Educational principles; democracy; violence; schools
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Education
Item ID:	17537
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.14201/teri.22894
Depositing User:	Carl Anders Safstrom
Date Deposited:	14 Sep 2023 13:57
Journal or Publication Title:	Teoría de la Educación. Revista Interuniversitaria
Publisher:	Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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