Critical education as an attempt to question the dominant habitus through the educational system

In the article, I analyze the role of education in the prevailing system of neoliberal capitalism. On the one hand, it is used by the dominant culture characteristic for the upper classes to imprint appropriate ideological assumptions in the minds of students. On the other hand, there is strong resi...

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Main Author: Dominik Chojnowski
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Language:deu
Published: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Chrześcijańskiej Akademii Teologicznej w Warszawie (Scientific Publishing House of the Christian Academy of Theology in Warsaw) 2022-12-01
Series:Studia z Teorii Wychowania
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Online Access:http://sztw.chat.edu.pl/gicid/01.3001.0016.1637
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description In the article, I analyze the role of education in the prevailing system of neoliberal capitalism. On the one hand, it is used by the dominant culture characteristic for the upper classes to imprint appropriate ideological assumptions in the minds of students. On the other hand, there is strong resistance to the practices of subordination and implementation of the logic of the prevailing system. Illich's concept of deschooling society recognizes that compulsory education should be abolished. Critical educators such as Henry Giroux and Peter McLaren argue that the resistance present in the school testifies to the possibility of using the school to shape critical citizens capable of defending democracy. In my article, I argue that it is possible to partially free oneself from the logic of the dominant culture and to partially emancipate the habituses characteristic of the lower classes. However, it is not my goal to illustrate the ideas present in the theories under analysis by referring to specific examples in the field of a particular educational system.
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spelling doaj-art-80fd16043aa740909b310619d0dce9b12025-08-20T03:52:37ZdeuWydawnictwo Naukowe Chrześcijańskiej Akademii Teologicznej w Warszawie (Scientific Publishing House of the Christian Academy of Theology in Warsaw)Studia z Teorii Wychowania2083-09982719-40782022-12-01XIII4 (41)658010.5604/01.3001.0016.163701.3001.0016.1637Critical education as an attempt to question the dominant habitus through the educational systemDominik Chojnowski0Uniwersytet ŁódzkiIn the article, I analyze the role of education in the prevailing system of neoliberal capitalism. On the one hand, it is used by the dominant culture characteristic for the upper classes to imprint appropriate ideological assumptions in the minds of students. On the other hand, there is strong resistance to the practices of subordination and implementation of the logic of the prevailing system. Illich's concept of deschooling society recognizes that compulsory education should be abolished. Critical educators such as Henry Giroux and Peter McLaren argue that the resistance present in the school testifies to the possibility of using the school to shape critical citizens capable of defending democracy. In my article, I argue that it is possible to partially free oneself from the logic of the dominant culture and to partially emancipate the habituses characteristic of the lower classes. However, it is not my goal to illustrate the ideas present in the theories under analysis by referring to specific examples in the field of a particular educational system.http://sztw.chat.edu.pl/gicid/01.3001.0016.1637neoliberalism; capitalism; critical pedagogy; resistance; ideology; democracy
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neoliberalism; capitalism; critical pedagogy; resistance; ideology; democracy
title Critical education as an attempt to question the dominant habitus through the educational system
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title_short Critical education as an attempt to question the dominant habitus through the educational system
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topic neoliberalism; capitalism; critical pedagogy; resistance; ideology; democracy
url http://sztw.chat.edu.pl/gicid/01.3001.0016.1637
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