“Nurture and Education as a Fundamental Social Activity” Problems of the Philosophy of Education in Gordana Bosanac’s Thought Cover Image

"Odgoj i obrazovanje kao fundamentalna društvena djelatnost". Problemi filozofije odgoja u misli Gordane Bosanac
“Nurture and Education as a Fundamental Social Activity” Problems of the Philosophy of Education in Gordana Bosanac’s Thought

Author(s): Tomislav Krznar
Subject(s): State/Government and Education, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Politics, Sociology of Education, Philosophy of Education
Published by: Hrvatsko Filozofsko Društvo
Keywords: Gordana Bosanac; philosophy of education; ideology; system of education;

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, we will try to present the problems of education as they were seen by the Croatian philosopher Gordana Bosanac (Varaždin, 1936 – Zagreb, 2019). Although these problems do not fall within the narrowest circle of her interests, the author has been intensively engaged with them throughout her life and has left a significant impact on thinking about the key aspects and scope of the issues we find in the philosophy of education. The central thesis of the article is as follows: G. Bosanac’s thinking is still very relevant today from at least two perspectives. Firstly, as a chronology of various interventions in the education system, and secondly, as an expression of innovative thinking about education that focuses on the individual and his or her intellectual capacities rather than on any social or productive purpose or requirement. We will present some lines of thought of G. Bosanac together with the most important biographical data. First, we will discuss the general content of the subject of education, with particular reference to the relationship between the individual and the social in education. Then, following the thoughts of G. Bosanac, we will rethink the issue of labour, with a special effort to rethink the content of education as labour. In the third part, with significant consideration of the thoughts of G. Bosanac, we will deal with the question of ideology and its negative effects on the education system and especially on the actors of this system. Ultimately, or as the key task of the paper, we will try to answer the question of why education is a fundamental social activity.

  • Issue Year: 42/2022
  • Issue No: 03/167
  • Page Range: 487-502
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Croatian