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Vorwort der Herausgeber
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Kreativität und Schule
(1999)
Martin Buber und Erich Fromm
(2004)
Vorwort
(2005)
>The Humanist Critique of School Education<: In a dialectical intellectual process, this critique of school education succeeds in elucidating those typical influence patterns that go into forming social character – which precede the school stage even. Not only diminished authority but a loss of psychic roots testify to the contradictory nature of children’s liberation. The school’s emphasis on individualization means that pupils are educated with the needs of the marketplace in mind. In the school itself, the production of >marketing< character structures is promoted by institutional mechanisms which, in essence, compel pupils to adapt to an authoritarian and hierarchical educational theory. As a counterweight to this >colonization< of schoolchildren, discussion here focuses on key proposals of how the school may have its humanity restored. Paramount here would be a new role for teachers, one involving restructured cognition processes, revised educational programs, and altered self-perspectives in pedagogical psychology. Also needed is a reform of instructional forms so as to make them more living, adventurous, and socially responsive. Growing educationaldifficulties also render essential an extension of counseling and supervision in matters related to pedagogical psychology. Finally, a number of leading categories are developed within which the humanization of the school can best proceed.
>Does there exist a new Authoritarian Character?<: The current xenophobic violent acts in Germany have gained an new aura of sensitivity since reunification. Historical experience during the Weimar Republic, together with the strengthening of the National Socialism at that time would suggest the necessity to draw parallels to the current situation. The theories of the Frankfurt School regarding the authoritarian character according to Theodor W. Adorno and Erich Fromm are summarised. In addition, the current (empirical) theories of Heitmeyer, Maaz, Oesterreich and Fritzsche/Knepper to explain right-wing extremism, are analysed with regard to their sociopsychological, explanatory potential. At this point the differences in the political cultures in the reunified Germany are also discussed. The post-war waves of modernisation and individualisation would also suggest the necessity to return to the theory of narcissism. The >Macciavellian< strategies of interaction are taken to illustrate, that a new fear and escapism from freedom can lead to a modern authoritarianism of non-integrated individuals.
Humanismus und Gesellschaft
(1990)
Lehrergesundheit
(2008)
Glück & Glas
(2013)
Einführung
(2006)