Education and the tragedy of culture

GRINBERG, SILVIA

Philosophy of Education Yearbook

Philosophy of Education Society

Año: 2007 p. 142 - 149

8756-6575

We usually think of education as a space within a culture, but a space that would be outside or beyond the contradictions inherent to culture. However, to what degree is the promise1 modern pedagogy still possible? Up what point do the ideals and meanings of modern education bring with them their impossibility? To address these questions, we consider it is essential to reflect on the junction produced between the vast field of culture and the processes attached to its transmission. Education, we propose, cannot be thought of as a sphere separate from social life, nor could it exist were it not embedded in historical clay.