From critique of ideology to politics

Habermas onBildung

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ID7094916
AuthorsAsger Sørensen (0000-0002-5671-9060, Aarhus University, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume10
Issue2
Pages252-270
Publication date2015-05-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthics and Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1744-9642 • E-ISSN: 1744-9650
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17449642.2015.1055148
OpenAlexW1837334312
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited15

Considering the German idea of Bildung, I argue that it is a central concern of Habermas. First, he criticized the idea of being educated as a sign of innate abilities, emphasizing instead the significance of the social conditions of the upbringing. Subsequently, inspired by Adorno, he performed an analysis of Bildung, based on critique of ideology, in The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. The basic critique is that Bildung is too tightly connected to societal dominance, but still the ideal holds some truth. His comments on Bildung over the subsequent years are sparse. However, in Knowledge and Human Interest he works his way out of the framework of philosophy of consciousness, which results in the Theory of Communicative Action, and with this approach he can discuss Bildung in relation to discourse ethics and the role of the university. In this new version, Bildung finally becomes crucial to Habermas' political philosophy in Between Facts and Norms

Bildung · Communicative action · Consciousness · Epistemology · Higher education · Ideology · Philosophy of education · Political science · Politics · Relation (database · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Educational Philosophies and Pedagogies · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophy

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