Review of Michael Festl (ed.), John Dewey and Contemporary Challenges to Democratic Education

Theodor W. Adorno once said that the ultimate goal of education is to ensure that Auschwitz never happens again. This should be fundamentally promoted by education that develops a critical attitude toward social institutions, inherited values, and the products of the culture industry. At a time whe...

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Auteur principal: Serrano-Zamora, Just
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Langue:Anglais
Publié: European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy 2026
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Résumé:Theodor W. Adorno once said that the ultimate goal of education is to ensure that Auschwitz never happens again. This should be fundamentally promoted by education that develops a critical attitude toward social institutions, inherited values, and the products of the culture industry. At a time when new forms of authoritarianism are growing around the world, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity are being committed in front of our eyes, and when new forms of nationalism and imperialis...