Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: I see many soldiers: if only I could see many warriors!What they wear is called uniform: may what they conceal with it not be uniform too!Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke ZarathustraBoth concepts of education and postmodernism are neither clearly explored nor unequivocally defined.The two terms are fairly intricate and most controversially debated.They both allow for several different interpretations, tolerating contrasting ways in which to intellectually approach the subject.This essay intends to stimulate reflection and will present some ideas and personal suggestions as to how the military should deal with and join the postmodernist debate. Some Philosophical Considerations as an IntroductionFor instance, education can be understood merely as the fulfillment of an occupational qualification or, in full contrast, as a continuous and in itself never-ending process by which a human being forms himself mentally and finds his autonomous realization.One could also comprehend education as the acquisition of knowledge characteristic of a certain culture or society.Whereas, in all this diversity, everyone has his own perception and is aware that education exists, this cannot be said of postmodernism.Postmodern is a very popular term, commonly used in the arts, philosophy, science, and politics.However, while many people use the idiom, nobody really knows what it means or even stands for.And
Source: Defence Studies
Author: Edwin R. Micewski
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W320236601