The Politics of Humility: Humility in Historical Christian Thought and Its Educational Implications

Autor/inn/en	Chatelier, Stephen; Jackson, Liz
Titel	The Politics of Humility: Humility in Historical Christian Thought and Its Educational Implications
Quelle	In: Educational Philosophy and Theory, 55 (2023) 2, S.190-202 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Chatelier, Stephen) ORCID (Jackson, Liz)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1857
DOI	10.1080/00131857.2022.2081149
Schlagwörter	Political Attitudes; Educational Philosophy; Moral Values; Ethics; Well Being; Psychology; Christianity; History; Religious Factors; Metacognition; Teaching Methods; Social Environment; Psychological Patterns; Human Dignity; Biblical Literature; Perspective Taking + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Ethik; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Psychologie; Christentum; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Soziales Umfeld; Menschenwürde; Bibel; Zukunftsperspektive
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. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01