Dr FRANS KRUGER Frans.Kruger@nottingham.ac.uk
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Ecojustice education and communitarianism: Exploring the possibility for African eco-communitarianism
Kruger, Frans; le Roux, Adré; Teise, Kevin
Authors
Adré le Roux
Kevin Teise
Abstract
In this article, we explore the concept of African communitarianism and reflect on its potential value for ecojustice education as a localised response to the wider ecological crises that impacts on African communities. We argue for an African eco-communitarian perspective and propose that this perspective extends ecojustice education. Such extension occurs firstly through foregrounding and emphasising the establishment of harmonious and co-constitutive relationships that is characterised by intersubjectivity and secondly, by extending community to beyond humans (and ancestors) to be inclusive of the more-than human world. We contend that ecojustice education, framed within an African eco-communitarianism, constitutes a localised response to the ecological crises in the form of critical place-based education, that it enables co-constitutive dialogue and interaction between the human and non-human elements of an eco-community and is an ethico-political praxis characterised by an African environmental ethic.
Citation
Kruger, F., le Roux, A., & Teise, K. (2020). Ecojustice education and communitarianism: Exploring the possibility for African eco-communitarianism. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 52(2), 206-216. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2019.1625769
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Jun 11, 2019 |
Publication Date | Jan 28, 2020 |
Deposit Date | Aug 19, 2024 |
Journal | Educational Philosophy and Theory |
Print ISSN | 0013-1857 |
Electronic ISSN | 1469-5812 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 52 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 206-216 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2019.1625769 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/38383915 |
Publisher URL | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00131857.2019.1625769#abstract |
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