Aki, I think this is very promising. I might want to write a response, if time allows. The level of hype, and the excitement with which the educational and legal establishments are embracing something they neither understand nor have thought about deeply, is really annoying.
That said, I'm skeptical of the Sousa quote, if only because it is so politically fashionable in the social sciences to genuflect in the direction of "the Global South," a Western cosmopolite (and parochial) concept if there ever was one. Had he said "Cusa can help us understand _________ ," it would have been much better. SO I would have to be convinced.
But never mind that. I think you're on to something. Keep up the good work.
Appreciating the line of enquiry that you're following here, Aki. Some years ago, I published a dialogue with Sajay Samuel, a pupil and close friend of Illich, under the title "Rehoming Society", because in the light of his later writings about "the vernacular" (in Shadow Work), it struck me that "rehoming" was the positive counterpart to the easily misunderstood "deschooling" from Illich's 1970s pamphlets.
Aki, I think this is very promising. I might want to write a response, if time allows. The level of hype, and the excitement with which the educational and legal establishments are embracing something they neither understand nor have thought about deeply, is really annoying.
That said, I'm skeptical of the Sousa quote, if only because it is so politically fashionable in the social sciences to genuflect in the direction of "the Global South," a Western cosmopolite (and parochial) concept if there ever was one. Had he said "Cusa can help us understand _________ ," it would have been much better. SO I would have to be convinced.
But never mind that. I think you're on to something. Keep up the good work.
Thank you David, please go to the source on Sousa, his argument is much more nuanced - and practical - to which I will return in a later post!
I wait with an open mind!
Appreciating the line of enquiry that you're following here, Aki. Some years ago, I published a dialogue with Sajay Samuel, a pupil and close friend of Illich, under the title "Rehoming Society", because in the light of his later writings about "the vernacular" (in Shadow Work), it struck me that "rehoming" was the positive counterpart to the easily misunderstood "deschooling" from Illich's 1970s pamphlets.
Thank you Dougald for the pointers - and very grateful to get some validation for continuing to delve into the topic!