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Self-Respect in Higher Education
Gender Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Academia: A Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Transformation (2023)
  • Attila Tanyi, University of Tromso
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Abstract
I begin the chapter with research, reported recently in The Atlantic, on the surprising phenomenon that many successful women, all accomplished and highly competent, exhibit high degrees of self-doubt. Unlike the original research, the chapter aims to bring into view the role self-respect plays in higher education as another crucial explanatory factor. First, I clarify the main concepts that are relevant for getting a clear view of the notion of self-respect: different kinds of self-respect and the connection to the notion of self-esteem are discussed. After this, in section III, I move on to the main theoretical positions that historically have put self-respect in the centre of their theorizing. The story starts with Immanuel Kant, continues with John Rawls, and ends with the influential accounts of Axel Honneth, Avishai Margalit and several feminist thinkers. Having covered the theoretical and conceptual landscape, I finally connect self-respect to higher education both on the systematic as well as on the more applied level of thinking. I then wrap up the chapter by connecting back to The Atlantic story we have started out with as well as make suggestions of further reading for those with deeper interest in the topic. I also provide a a brief list of the main takeaways as well propose some questions for discussion.
Keywords
  • self-respect,
  • higher education,
  • Immanuel Kant,
  • John Rawls,
  • Axel Honneth,
  • workplace democracy,
  • self-esteem
Disciplines
Publication Date
2023
Editor
Duarte, M., Fjørtoft, K. and K. Losleben
Publisher
Routledge
Series
Gender series
ISBN
9781003363590
DOI
10.4324/9781003363590-15
Citation Information
Attila Tanyi. "Self-Respect in Higher Education" LondonGender Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Academia: A Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Transformation (2023) p. 140 - 152
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/attila_tanyi/43/