Indoctrination as a Methodology of Social Enlightenment in Nigeria
Keywords:
society, social enlightenment, knowledge, IndoctrinationAbstract
The science or the art of acquiring knowledge has various approaches to its credit. There are arguments and counter arguments from scholars, sociologists and psychologists as to which is the best method of achieving this goal. Many have made different analysis as well as opinion on the system of knowledge acquisition. For effective knowledge acquisition, the approach to transmission becomes crucial. It is in view of this, that this work is set to analyze the disposition of indoctrination as a methodology of social enlightenment in Nigeria. This study highlights among others the desirability and undesirability of using indoctrination as a methodology of social enlightenment in Nigeria. Consequently, indoctrination is observed to be undesirable as it could lead to fanaticism.
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