"Apotheosis of Disobedience: Notes for a Philosophical Education in the Streets," written by Professor Jorge Alberto López Guzmán, is a profound reflection on the current issues in the educational system.

Professor Jorge Alberto López Guzmán, affiliated with the Department of Geography of Regional and Environmental Development at the University of Cauca, recently published the book "Apotheosis of Disobedience: Notes for a Philosophical Education in the Streets." Published by Casa Editorial Horizonte Independiente, the book offers a collection of philosophical thoughts and reflections on contemporary education.

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The thematic scheme presents an individual inquiry that delves into the current context of philosophy, while each section of the book—Prelude, Interlude, and Postlude—offers a deeper reflection by integrating its parts to consider the current issues in the educational system.

Although it is not an "academic" book, it critiques the instrumental use of knowledge from an academic perspective. The need to adapt to a new system of thoughts and challenges includes rethinking education and philosophical thought from perspectives outside the classroom. This text contributes to contemplating philosophical education from the "streets."

“The book is primarily aimed at young people and students who have faced challenges in their daily lives by creating and recreating ‘other’ forms of knowledge, neighborhood epistemologies, and marginal ontologies. These fragments represent the various ways they have resisted from the streets, bringing philosophical education into everyday life,” stated Jorge Alberto López Guzmán, Anthropologist, Political Scientist, Master in Government and Public Policy, and Doctoral Student in Anthropology.

In this sense, the book is a “way of radiating resistance, hope, and utopia. It is a correlation between philosophy, literature, cinema, music, and painting. This book is a celebration of life, a commendation of fears, and a reflection on the art of teaching disruptively, the daring to write freely, and the audacity to think critically.”

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Department of Geography of Regional and Environmental Development Email: geo@unicauca.edu.co