Logic of Home: Resistance and Logic in Post-Truth Times

Abstract

Abstract Expanding globalization and the recent nationalistic backlash in the West presents a pedagogical threshold of opportunity for inquiry and transformation. We explore how these movements are pedagogical from the philosophical perspective of feminist pragmatism informed by the logic of home, a Native philosophical and political perspective. This offers a significant contribution to the conversations surrounding social democracy and political transformation to education as well as educational inquiry characterized by dialogue, social justice, civility, equity, and growth. Specifically, in this paper we examine the logic of home as presented in the life experiences and work of Lydia Child, an early 19th century American journalist, abolitionist, and ancestor to the women’s rights movement, and Jane Addams, prominent and influential 19th century interdisciplinary feminist pragmatist, and global leader in the early in the women’s rights and peace movements. We forward feminist pragmatism as a relevant empowering and educative framework for philosophical reasoning and political activism, especially when materialized in the lives of Child and Addams.