The Person and Upbringing Within the Context of Anti-pedagogy and the Catholic Personalism Discourse
The Person and Upbringing Within the Context of Anti-pedagogy and the Catholic Personalism Discourse

Summary/Abstract: According to anti-pedagogy, any form of upbringing aimed at something or someoneonly masks the object of the educated, making them essentially puppets, appropriatelycontrolled from without. Any purposeful approach to upbringing appeals to attributesthat make the pupil not turn out to be what he/she is, but what his/her educators wouldwant him/her to be. This approach is in direct contradiction to personalistic pedagogy,which posits an ultimate reality and value in personhood by emphasizing the significance, uniqueness and inviolability of the person, as well as the person’s essentially relational or social dimension. By emphasizing the autonomous value of a human beingas a person and in propagating this with full affirmation, one is thus postulating thatprograms of activities supporting its development are to be subordinated to personaland spiritual values, and not to economic and technical values. This article presents thecontemporary discourse between anti-pedagogy and the personalistic pedagogy witha special emphasis on Polish authors.

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