1st Edition

Education between Speech and Writing Crossing the Boundaries of Dao and Deconstruction

By Ruyu Hung Copyright 2018
184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

This unique book explores how graphocentrism affects Chinese education and culture. It moves away from the contemporary educational practices in China of following the Western model of phonocentrism, to demonstrate that each perspective interacts and counteracts with each other, creating a dialogue between Eastern and Western thought. Chapters explore the consonances and dissonances between... Read more

Acknowledgements 

Prologue: Seeing is Believing? 

1. Thinking Education Through the Spoken and the Written Word 

2. Chinese Graphocentrism: A Search through Texts 

3. Graphocentric Education: The Cultivation of the Writing Subject 

4. The Paradox of Graphocentrism: Dao-Logocentrism 

5. Post-Graphocentrism: dao-deconstruction 

6. Post-Graphocentric Education 

Epilogue: Playing the Word 

References

Biography

Ruyu Hung is Professor of Education of Philosophy at National Chiayi University, Taiwan.