Stojanov Education, Self-consciousness and Social Action

Bildung as a Neo-Hegelian Concept
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-66480-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 136 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

Education, Self-Consciousness and Social Action reconstructs the Hegelian concept of education, Bildung, and shows that this concept could serve as a powerful alternative to current psychologist notions of learning. Taking a Hegelian perspective, Stojanov claims that Bildung should be interpreted as growth of mindedness and that such a growth has two central and interrelated components, including the development of self-consciousness towards conceptual self-articulation and the formation of one’s capacity for intelligent social action.

The interrelation between the two central components of education implies that learning is transformed into education only when it involves the self-consciousness and the identity of the learner. Since both are grounded in the ethical beliefs and values of the individual, transforming learning into education therefore requires that education also address students’ everyday ethical assumptions, as well as their articulation and conceptualisation. This claim has a number of implications for educational policy and pedagogy; one being that learning and teaching in schools are educative only if they have ethical significance for both students and teachers. Another implication is that the point of departure for educative teaching becomes the actual, everyday ethical beliefs and experiences of the students, rather than fixed curricular contents. Students’ encountering with sciences and arts should aim at the conceptual articulation of those beliefs and experiences – an articulation which makes individual’s rational autonomy and self-determination possible.

Education, Self-Consciousness and Social Action will be of great interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students interested in the philosophy of education. It should also be essential reading for anyone engaged in the study of Hegel’s work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stojanov, Krassimir

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Human Development from an Educationist Perspective

2. Hegel’s Concept of Bilding

3. Ends, Dimensions and Stages of the Process of Bildung

4. Social Prerequisites and pedagogical Implications of Bildung

5. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Krassimir Stojanov is Professor and Chair of Philosophy of Education and Educational Theory at the Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt.