Exploring an East~West epistemological convergence of embodied democracy in education through cultural humanism in Confucius~Makiguchi~Dewey
This article explores an East~West epistemological convergence of embodied democracy in education through cultural humanism illuminated in five main themes in the works of John Dewey (1859 1952) Confucius (551 479 B.C. and Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (1871 1944) human nature interconnection, self cultivation, value creation, associated living, and joy of learning/happiness of living. The cultural humanism, embedded in languages and cultures, flourishes with the ideal of embodied democracy that aims for educating for creative, harmonious, associative, joyful and worthwhile living for all in an increasingly diversified, complicated and contested world.