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Educationalization of Social Problems and the Educationalization of the Modern World
Tröhler, Daniel
2016In Peters, Michael (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory
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Keywords :
Educationalization of Social Problems; Educationalization of the Modern World; The Modern Self
Abstract :
[en] The catchword ‘educationalization,’ which enjoyed some popularity around 1920, has been used increasingly since the 1980s, first in the German and then in the Belgian and English discussions. Although the uses of and intentions behind the term are far from identical, they all express a perceived intersection between distinct social practices, one of which is education. As a rule, this intersection is interpreted as assigning education the task of coping with perceived social problems. Accordingly, the most popular expression of this mode of thought has been labeled, in an abstracting way, the educationalization of social problems. This entry builds on that but suggests a more comprehensive view, less reactive in character, by claiming that since the 18th century, the construction of modernity, progress, and open future depends on an idea of education that promises to be the engine of modernity by means of (new) and broadly disseminated knowledge and technologies and, at the same time, an instance of moral reassurance empowering the individual exposed to these modern conditions and their moral hazards to act morally or virtuously. Educationalization of the modern world, in this more comprehensive way, is a key concept for understanding and deciphering the grand narratives of modernity and the modern self.
Disciplines :
Education & instruction
Author, co-author :
Tröhler, Daniel ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Education, Culture, Cognition and Society (ECCS)
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
Educationalization of Social Problems and the Educationalization of the Modern World
Publication date :
2016
Main work title :
Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory
Editor :
Peters, Michael
Publisher :
Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN/EAN :
978-981-287-589-1
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Focus Area :
Educational Sciences
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