"Die Verführung zur Freiheit" oder: Europas Werte er-lesen mit Literatur
"Seduction to freedom" or: Discovering Europe's values through literature

Summary/Abstract: The essay Fans of Europe (Europas Liebhaber) brings up the issue of whether cultural education can be reflected in literature. By this one shows that essay writing is a profitable manner of confrontation and in the context of the school education of values a contribution towards the education for Europe can be customized. Thus literature unfolds a socio-political action within the framework of aesthetic education. This is important considering exactly the present-day developments and it is significant because of this as both the teenagers and young adults belong to one and the same generation, who grew up in a peaceful and united Europe: on the one hand one develops the conscience of shared European values and on the other hand one contributes to the education for peace.

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