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Around the Understanding of Tradition and Authority. Family and the Challenges of Postmodernity

Summary/Abstract: Introduction. The article analyses the problem of understanding tradition and perceiving authority in relation to the functioning of a family in the postmodern world. It lists the current challenges of postmodernity, which constitute a source of conditions for shaping the identity of subject entities and their ways of combining elements of tradition with the current educational reality. Aim. The aim of the article is to review the problem of understanding tradition and authority from the perspective of constant socio-cultural transformations, and to indicate the significant challenges faced by humanity and the family. Theoretical analyses are based on materials combining philosophical, pedagogical, and sociological approaches, with particular emphasis on the anthropological perspective. Methods and materials. The study uses the analysis of literature on the subject based on philosophical, sociological, and pedagogical theories and concepts. The diversity of approaches implies the use of pluralistic realism in the version proposed by Grobler (2006), as well as weak justificationism. The research problem is related to the question about ways of understanding tradition and authority in postmodernity and the conditions of their formation in society and the family. Conclusion. The conclusions identify assumptions relevant to the problem, concerning social changes, perception of values, shaping identity, and, through them, the formation of a subjective and social image of tradition and authority. The context and conditions for shaping the ways of understanding them are outlined. The diversity of approaches to the concept of authority and the problem of knowledge about it, as well as the possibilities of the influence of external environments, are also indicated. The leading axis of the considerations is the concept of understanding, in relation to both tradition and authority. Furthermore, attention is drawn to the importance of this concept in building the system of values and identity of each entity, with particular emphasis on the family environment.

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