Dystopian Reality, Utopian Thought and Educational Practice

Autor/in	Papastephanou, Marianna
Titel	Dystopian Reality, Utopian Thought and Educational Practice
Quelle	In: Studies in Philosophy and Education, 27 (2008) 2-3, S.89-102 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0039-3746
DOI	10.1007/s11217-007-9092-9
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Citizenship; Imagination; Social Environment; Peace; Socialization; Social Integration; Educational Practices; Anthropology; Ethics; Sleep + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatsbürgerschaft; Soziales Umfeld; Frieden; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Soziale Integration; Bildungspraxis; Anthropologie; Ethik; Schlaf
Abstract	The significance of utopian thought for education can be made evident through reconceptualizing utopia and approaching it alongside the notion of dystopia. Awareness of dystopian elements of reality radicalizes the kind of critique that assists utopian thought and makes engagement with it more pressing. Awareness of the lurking danger of future dystopia goes hand in hand with a utopia that is cautious and vigilant of its own possible turn into catastrophe. If education is not just an institution of the unreflective socialization and social integration of the young immersed in technicist and prudentialist goals, if it is about futurity and vision of a better world, it has to rely on, and renegotiate, utopian thought. Yet, all this presupposes a new descriptive account of the self and the world that breaks with the kind of anthropology and ethics that generated a particular conception of utopia as impossible and purely oneiric. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10