Antonina Lukenchuk

Reflections on the Nature of Self in the World and Adult Education

A Search for Inclusive Ways of Knowing

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Produktbeschreibung

This research outlines philosophical perspectives on
the problems of personal identity with the relevance
to adult education. An argumentative discourse
revolving around the nature of self includes
scientific materialism, traditional metaphysics, and
esotericism. An emphasis of this discourse is on the
concept of self as subjectivity. A descriptive
analysis of the phenomenon of I is used to
corroborate the existing arguments on the nature of
self. These arguments are tested through personal
experiences of individual learners students enrolled
in the College of Education at one of the Midwestern
American universities. Phenomenological analysis of
the data revealed four essential structures of
self: "My everyday self," "I am Sorge," "'I' as a
transcendental subject," and "I am Unio Mystica."
These four structures comprise the model of personal
identity. The study demonstrates the existence of
direct relations between the ontology of a human
subject and teleological concerns in adult
education. The way a person/ adult understands
herself or himself preconditions a person's
perspective on education.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 350g
• ISBN-13: 9783639157741
• ISBN-10: 3639157745
• Artikelnr.: 26432442

Autorenporträt

Antonina Lukenchuk is an Assistant Professor at National-Louis
University, USA. She teaches graduate courses in foundations of
education and research. Her interests are in phenomenology,
hermeneutics, critical discourse analysis, mythology, and
service-learning. She enjoys music, martial and other performing
arts.