The task of education as we confront the potential for social and ecological collapse

This article invites us to consider the task of education as we face the end of the world as we have known it. The first part of the article gives an overview of global and educational challenges, drawing attention to how formal education has been complicit in the reproduction of historical and syst...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ethics and education 2021-04, Vol.16 (2), p.143-158
1. Verfasser: Andreotti, Vanessa De Oliveira
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This article invites us to consider the task of education as we face the end of the world as we have known it. The first part of the article gives an overview of global and educational challenges, drawing attention to how formal education has been complicit in the reproduction of historical and systemic violence, as well as unsustainability. This section also offers a distinction between educational approaches that focus on personal empowerment and the mastery of knowledge and skills, and educational approaches that see the role of education in association with the non-coercive re-arrangement of desires and with responsibility before will. The second part of the paper presents a psychoanalytic experiment that attempts to create a space and the dispositions necessary for difficult conversations about the role of education in preparing us all to confront the potential for social and ecological collapse in our lifetime.
ISSN:1744-9642
1744-9650
DOI:10.1080/17449642.2021.1896632