Do We Need to Talk to Each Other? How the Concept of "Experience" Can Contribute to an Understanding of "Bildung" and Democracy

Autor/in	Wahlstrom, Ninni
Titel	Do We Need to Talk to Each Other? How the Concept of "Experience" Can Contribute to an Understanding of "Bildung" and Democracy
Quelle	In: Educational Philosophy and Theory, 42 (2010) 3, S.293-309 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1857
DOI	10.1111/j.1469-5812.2008.00441.x
Schlagwörter	Democracy; Learning Processes; Experience; Progressive Education; Epistemology; Educational Philosophy; Educational Theories; Educational History; Critical Theory; Communication (Thought Transfer) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demokratie; Learning process; Lernprozess; Erfahrung; Reformpädagogik; Progressive Erziehung; Erkenntnistheorie; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Kritische Theorie; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke
Abstract	In this article I argue that the contested concept of "Bildung," with its roots in the late 18th century, remains of interest in the postmodern era, even if there is also certainly a debate about it having had its day. In the specific discussion about "Bildung and democracy," I suggest that Dewey's reconstructed concept of experience has several points in common with a more recent understanding of "Bildung," at the same time as it can provide insight into how democracy can be understood within the field of "Bildung." In brief, in this article I suggest that if we wish to discuss "democracy" and "Bildung," Dewey's notion of experience might offer a bridge between the two concepts, as well as an understanding of subjectivity, learning, and "communication" as a whole. Finally, I argue that communication is a necessary part of both "democracy" and "Bildung"--not because of certain human similarities, but because of the similarities in some of the problems which we humans encounter, and which we think are worth reflecting upon. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10