What kind of education in the face of the crisis of culture? Between ideology and philosophy of individual meanings

Abstract

Contemporary times being a consequence of socio-cultural changes, which result in a condition called the crisis of culture, are becoming an inspiration for asking questions, also about education and its future. Thinking about the future of education directs the reflection about education category from its contemporary understanding towards the past, where the presence of two other categories reveals: ideology and philosophy. The article shows the status of philosophy in relation to the authoritarian and non authoritarian ideology as well as a short characteristic of philosophy of education described in the literature as non authoritarian, namely: progressivism and reconstructionism. Furthermore, a postulate concerning a certain kind of attitude in education, which the author in some way supports, is also put forward. The article is just an exemplification of a possible interpretation of the title question and that interpretation, which is inevitably subjective, is the natural way to philosophy of individual meanings.