Education Between Speech and Writing

<p>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. </p><p>Chapters explore the consonances and dissonances between the two problematizing the educational practices of Chinese tradition and proposing a dialectical thinking of post-graphocentrism based on the concepts of Dao and deconstruction. The volume creates a unique area in the field of philosophy of education by questioning the writing/speaking relationship in Chinese tradition complete with educational ideas and practices that consider the uniqueness of Chinese character writing.</p><p>A pioneering study of its kind <i>Education between Speech and Writing</i> provides a valuable source for students of philosophy of education as well as students and academics in the field of Chinese Studies. The book will also appeal to anyone interested in dialogues between Chinese and Western thoughts especially negotiating between Daoism and deconstruction. </p>