What Is the Meaning of Critical Thinking in the Context of Globalization?

Authors

Stephen Evans

Publication Date

2001-01-01

Abstract

A review of recent literature advocating critical thinking as a necessary response to 'globalization' gives no clear picture of what critical thinking is. Drawing on Kant and Hermeneutics, this paper proposes a critical definition of critical thinking as an understanding of its subject matter which questions itself, and a characterization of critical thinking as the tension of standing within the subject matter while holding it at a distance. Considered against a backdrop of concerns about 'globalization', critical thinking is seen, not only as an intellectual method, but also as an existential engagement of the world.

First Page

80

Last Page

96

Recommended Citation

Evans, Stephen (2001) "What Is the Meaning of Critical Thinking in the Context of Globalization?," Manusya, Journal of Humanities: Vol. 4: No. 0, Article 6.
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/manusya/vol4/iss0/6