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(2018) International handbook of philosophy of education, Dordrecht, Springer.
This chapter discusses education or Bildung within the context of modernity, i.e., in the context of the Enlightenment and the idea of rational self-determination. The first part of the chapter presents the philosophical signature of modernity by drawing on works from conceptual history. Reinhart Koselleck has written extensively about how modernity was developed and thematized as a new form of time and consciousness. The second part of the chapter shows how Bildung is closely linked to modern experience. Presenting the approaches offered by Schiller, Humboldt, and Hegel, the relevance of aesthetic experience, negativity, and plurality for Bildung is demonstrated. The third part discusses the educational-philosophical approaches in relation to other conceptions of modernity (Habermas, Foucault). Here, it is argued that the references and confrontations with the classical authors presented can also be framed in terms of the modern questions concerning who and what we are today.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-72761-5_43
Full citation:
Thompson, C. (2018)., Education and modernity, in P. Smeyers (ed.), International handbook of philosophy of education, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 531-547.
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