Pragmatism and Decolonial Thinking: an Analysis of Dewey´s Ethnocentrism
On the basis of Walter Mignolo´s and Nishitani Osamu´s ideas, the present text intends to verify to what extent John Dewey´s thought is affected by what MIgnolo calls the colonial matrix of power and the rhetoric of modernity, as well as by Osamu´s distinction between anthropos and humanitas. A comp...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2013 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) |
| Repositório: | Cognitio (São Paulo. Online) |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/16598 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/cognitiofilosofia/article/view/16598 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Decolonial thinking Anthropos Humanitas Kant Dewey Racism. Pensamento descolonial Racismo Etnocentrismo. |
| Resumo: | On the basis of Walter Mignolo´s and Nishitani Osamu´s ideas, the present text intends to verify to what extent John Dewey´s thought is affected by what MIgnolo calls the colonial matrix of power and the rhetoric of modernity, as well as by Osamu´s distinction between anthropos and humanitas. A comparison with Kant´s anthropological ideas is made, leading to the conclusion that both Authors allowed their respective philosophies to be contaminated by racist biases. |
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