Creating Citizens in the Classroom: Hannah Arendt's Political Critique of Education  

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Topolski, Anya ; Leuven, K. U.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Ethical Perspectives: Journal of the European Ethics Network vol. 15 no. 2 (Jun. 2008), page 259-282.
Topik: Arendt; Education; Citizenship; Political; Crisis; Responsibility
Fulltext: creating citizens.pdf (12.77MB)

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In "The Crisis in Education," her only essay dedicated to the topic of education, Hannah Arendt presents a position thet in many ways runs counter to her conception of the political based on participation, action and the potential for radical change. In so doing, she provides her readers, both political and pedagogical, with a perspective on education thet challenges its instrumentalization for the sake of the political. To appreciate the counter-cultural yet commonsense claim Arendt makes, I will first consider the meaning of the term citizen-ship and its Arendtian interpretation in a political context. Second, focusing on Arendt's 1958 essay, I will explain why education is not first and foremost a public issue and therefore should not be interpreted as belonging to a political context. Connected to this, I bring to light Arendt's well known discourse of the ensuing dangers of a confusion of the private and public realms. Her somewhat unwelcomed pedagogical-political contribution confronts us with our assumption that the solution to the crisis in citizenship lies within schools, showing it as yet another symptom of the political crisis of modernity. Having shown how and why schools cannot be asked to create citizens, I will - immersed in a paradox that Arendt recognozes - consider several means by which education can in a secondary role, help us to understand and reflect upon the contemporary crisis in citizenship.

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