Abstract

GOMES, Luiz Roberto. Teoria crítica da sociedade e o sentido político da educação. Linhas Críticas [online]. 2010, vol.16, n.31, pp.239-258. ISSN 1981-0431.

The article points out, within the intellectual tradition of the Critical Theory of Society, the political direction of education. The question is to enhance the project of social emancipation and the possibilities of carrying out a non conformist experience of existing reality. In this context, two theoretical perspectives of the frankfurtian meaning of Critical Theory will be presented. They consider as a condition for the formation of emancipated persons the link between education and politics: that of Theodor Adorno, in which true education transcends the dimension of adaptation to the real world, through the repositioning of the formative experience (Bildung), as a form of criticism to the semiformation condition (Halbbildung); and that of Jürgen Habermas, in which education must form the evaluative and argumentative capacity of citizens, in order to fortify the public space, and to guarantee the effective participation of the interests of civil society.

Keywords : Critical Theory; Politics; Education.

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