Homo Novus: Learning to Being Renewed
An Intercultural Motif for Educational Transformation
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26034/fr.jehe.2022.3385Keywords:
Transformative education, givenness of the world, otherness, homo novus, decolonization, interculturalityAbstract
This contribution anchors the topic of transformative education in the discussion of human renewal. It posits that transformative education can only be perceived as an endeavour that encompasses the whole human being and the potential of humans to change and to adopt different perspectives on seeing and being in the world. The motif of the new human being (homo novus), as per the argument presented, can serve to develop a meaningful conceptual and praxis-related framework for education. Especially when considered against the background of the debate on education serving the establishment of communities of belonging across cultures, in which ethics and values can be lived and probed.