(NEW) Gulnara Shalagina (Russia)

Gulnara Shalagina (Russia) - Candidate of
Philosophy, Associate Professor, Kazan National Research Technological
University.
Practical philosophy and philosophical practice: intersection paths in informal education (Interactive presentation in the TED style)
Presentation
language: Russian
In postmodern society, the parameters of
educational activity are changing. Intellectual culture is experiencing a
takeoff associated with the dominance of the service sector, the interpretation
of spirituality as a means of production, the demand for happiness as a
resource state of the creator of intangible products, the precariatization of
intellectuals, the liberalization of individual entrepreneurship, the
transformation of professions, the demand for versatility, and innovative
ideology. Alternative, non-institutional forms of socio-humanitarian knowledge
are activated, which are interpreted as informal education. These are hybrid
popular science, educational and entertainment forms, aesthetized scientific
projects (philosophical festivals), philosophical schools of wisdom, trainings,
self-development studios, ethical retreats and rational dojos, other phenomena
that arose during the dedifferentiation of practical philosophy (ethics),
psychological counseling, aesthetics and new religiosity. The conditions for
the existence of these forms of humanitarian activity are "third places", new
urban postmodern spaces: cafes, anticafe, coworkings, lofts, parks, squares,
phenomena associated with post-industrial urban trends. The demand for
creativity, charisma among small entrepreneurs, self-employed, artists,
freelancers, whose success is associated with personal achievements, is great.
A special sphere of spiritual production has formed with the leading role of
ethics. The philosopher-practitioner offers a life methodology, principles,
postulates, the possibility of an informed choice of a client, responsibility
for a specific person and for humanity, treats a client as a conscious one with
existential requests. Liberalization of the economy provides additional
opportunities for the development of ethics and philosophical practice in the
sector of informal education.
On the heuristic potential of academic philosophy for philosophical practice (in memory of Leon de Haas) (Presentation)
Philosophical practice is 1) work at the
intersection of practical philosophy (ethics) and psychology, 2) direction in
education (educational activities), 3) corporate consulting in organizations
and sectors of the national economy. Postmodern dedifferentiation of cultural
spheres blurs the boundaries of ethical, religious, psychological discourses,
but philosophical practice has specific features in life-meaning orientation,
education, and consulting. The presentation examines the heuristic potential of
the academic branches of philosophy: ontology, social philosophy, history of
philosophy, ethics. The author's thoughts were inspired by the lecture
"Contemporary Socrates" delivered at the ICPP - 2020 online
conference by Leon de Haas (1949 - 2020). The lecture by Leon de Haas
demonstrated a combination of high academic level and philosophical practice,
was a training in philosophical pluralism. The philosopher developed his
fundamental knowledge of the history of philosophy in favor of philosophical
practice, "reading" the practical orientation in the teachings that are
habitually valued from the standpoint of ontology, the philosophy of science.
Philosophical knowledge is based on the specific skill of panlogistic systems
analysis of the aggregate ontological totality and the ability to draw up a
holistic picture of the world, in which the essential interrelationships of
dispersed, different-order areas of being are naturally highlighted. This
approach presupposes the classical understanding of philosophy as a doctrine of
the universal. A practicing philosopher realizes ontological sympathies, a
systemic vision of the place and transient properties of each ontology. Social
philosophy provides an understanding of the relevance of the social ideal of
subjectivity. In the permanent social changes of "liquid modernity"
(postmodernity), a non-identifying subject genesis is relevant. The history of
philosophy (the core of academic philosophy) forms the professional identity of
a practical philosopher. The main fruit of philosophy is ethics, its value has
increased due to the demand for the moral and psychological capital of a
participant in social production. Today philosophy is being washed out of
formal education into the informal creative education industry. From June 1,
2021, in connection with the amendments on educational activities in the Russian
Federation, the balance between the informal and academic spheres of
humanitarian knowledge will change.