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Open Access: The book “Survival through Bildung” is an Open Access title (DOI: 10.3224/84742480) which is free to download or can be bought as paperback. The book holds a Creative Commons License Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ / Der Titel “Survival through Bildung” (DOI: 10.3224/84742480) ist kostenlos im Open Access (PDF) herunterladbar oder kostenpflichtig als Print-Ausgabe erhältlich. Der Titel steht unter der Creative Commons Lizenz Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The central reference point of the volume is Heinz-Joachim Heydorn’s essay “Survival Through Bildung – Outline of a prospect” (1974), which was translated into English and subsequently made available to a broad public for the first time. Despite the time gap of almost 50 years, Heydorn’s text is fascinating, because the survival of humanity – at least a qualitatively substantial survival of humanity – seems extremely questionable today. Researchers with different theoretical perspectives question the text on its contemporary content and put their interpretations up for discussion.

The anthology has as its starting point the last text published by Heinz-Joachim Heydorn: “Survival Through Bildung – Outline of a prospect” (1974). Almost 50 years after its publication, Heydorn’s questions on the future of humanity still are electrifying. Heydorn adheres to the telos of the development of society, which would only enable the emphatic human. Education is a necessary condition for fulfilment. However, his reflections on education and pedagogy cannot be sorted into the usual drawers. He and his work polarized discourse over education at the end of the sixties and beginning of the seventies in Germany. Some called him a leftist renegade, others a conservative revolutionary. This promises to be a controversial and extremely stimulating debate that has the potential to leave the scientifically well-trodden paths and develop new perspectives.

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The editor:
Dr. Helge Kminek, works at the Department of Education at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.

The target group:
Researchers and lecturers in education and philosophy

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Helge Kminek

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April 2024, critical theory of pedagogy, Enlightenment, materialistic pedagogy, politics, social development, theory of education