Postmodernism in Poland
Postmodernism in Poland
Author(s): Józef KuźmaSubject(s): Education, Vocational Education, State/Government and Education, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Sociology of Education, Philosophy of Education
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Postmodernism; Educational Philosophy; Teacher Education; Pedagogy; Educational Reform;
Summary/Abstract: The present transient inter-epoch is defined as postmodernism. Postmodernism is a popular philosophical trend telling about all integral systems which could explain the contemporary world, civilization, cultural, and educational phenomena. This trend emerged from the confusion in ideology and system of values as well as unpredictability of the public development. The postmodernist world consists of different contradictory phenomena and ambivalence and general chaos, which, according to followers of this philosophy, is the regularity. The inter-epoch various philosophical trends and orientations might be vividly described as the struggle between "culture of death" and decadence with "culture of life" and rebirth of human beings. The postmodernist fashion is directly derived from the expressed criticism of the reason oriented Enlightenment traditions and from the comeback to metaphysical philosophies.
Journal: Educatio
- Issue Year: 7/1998
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 759-766
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
