Skip to main content

Western “Sentences That Push” as an Indigenous Method for Thinking

  • Chapter
Of Other Thoughts: Non-Traditional Ways to the Doctorate

Abstract

Indigenous doctoral students in the humanities are often faced with the gruelling task of representing the worldview/s of their people as sympathetically and correctly as possible. This holds true both for students who are undertaking qualitative research to address a particular problem, as well as for those who wish to engage in an entirely philosophical or theoretical inquiry.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 49.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Heidegger, M. (1998). Was ist Metaphysik? Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland: Vittorio Klostermann GmbH.

    Google Scholar 

  • Inwood, M. (1999). Does the nothing noth? In A. O’Hear (Ed.), German philosophy since Kant (pp. 271–290). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Marsden, M. (2003). The woven universe: Selected writings of Rev. Māori Marsden. Otaki, Aotearoa/New Zealand: Estate of Rev. Māori Marsden.

    Google Scholar 

  • Novalis. (1960a). Philosophische Studien der Jahre 1795/96: Fichte-Studien. In P. Kluckhohn & R. Samuel (Eds.), Schriften: Das philosophische Werk I (Vol. 2, pp. 29–296). Stuttgart, Deutschland: W. Kohlhammer.

    Google Scholar 

  • Novalis. (1960b). Philosophische Studien des Jahres 1797: Hemsterhuis und Kant-Studien. In P. Kluckhohn & R. Samuel (Eds.), Schriften: Das philosophische Werk I (Vol. 2, pp. 299–395). Stuttgart, Deutschland: W. Kohlhammer.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wood, D. (Ed.). (2007). Novalis: Notes for a romantic encyclopaedia. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2013 Sense Publishers

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Mika, C. (2013). Western “Sentences That Push” as an Indigenous Method for Thinking. In: Engels-Schwarzpaul, A.C., Peters, M.A. (eds) Of Other Thoughts: Non-Traditional Ways to the Doctorate. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-317-1_3

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Societies and partnerships