Public reason, adult education and social imagination

IF 1.2 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults Pub Date : 2021-02-22 DOI:10.3384/RELA.2000-7426.OJS3465

P. Rasmussen

引用次数: 3

Abstract

Communities of publics where citizens together develop informed opinion as basis for political decisions is crucial to democracy; and adult education can contribute vitally to such communities. This was argued by two critical social scientists, Charles Wright Mills and Oskar Negt. Researching and writing in different situations and drawing on different traditions, they voiced many of the same concerns about the inequalities and contradictions of modern capitalist societies. Mills and Negt argued that citizens and publics need to grasp the interrelations between society at large and individual lives and troubles. It is also necessary to transgress the immediate reality and its options, to imagine how societies and lives could take different turns, both in negative and positive directions. This article makes a case that imaginative fiction literature can help critical social science and adult education in promoting such social imagination.

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公共理性、成人教育与社会想象

公民共同形成知情意见作为政治决策基础的公共社区对民主至关重要;成人教育可以对这些社区作出重要贡献。这是两位重要的社会科学家查尔斯·赖特·米尔斯和奥斯卡·奈特提出的观点。他们在不同的情况下进行研究和写作，借鉴不同的传统，对现代资本主义社会的不平等和矛盾表达了许多相同的担忧。米尔斯和内格特认为，公民和公众需要把握整个社会与个人生活和烦恼之间的相互关系。也有必要超越眼前的现实及其选择，想象社会和生活如何在消极和积极的方向上发生不同的转变。本文认为，想象小说文学有助于批判社会科学和成人教育促进这种社会想象。

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European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

CiteScore

1.80

自引率

12.50%

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审稿时长

6 weeks

期刊介绍： The European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults (RELA) is a refereed academic journal creating a forum for the publication of critical research on adult education and learning. It has a particular focus on issues at stake for adult education and learning in Europe, as these emerge in connection with wider international and transnational dynamics and trends. Such a forum is important at a time when local and regional explorations of issues are often difficult to foreground across language barriers. As academic and policy debate is increasingly carried out in the English language, this masks the richness of research knowledge, responses and trends from diverse traditions and foci. The journal thus attempts to be linguistically ''open access''. Whilst creating a forum for international and transnational debate, contributions are particularly welcome from authors in Europe and other locations where English is not the first language. RELA invites original, scholarly articles that discuss the education and learning of adults from different academic disciplines, perspectives and traditions. It encourages diversity in theoretical and methodological approach and submissions from non-English speakers. All published contributions in RELA are subjected to a rigorous peer review process based on two moments of selection: an initial editorial screening and a double-blind review by at least two anonymous referees. Clarity and conciseness of thought are crucial requirements for publication. RELA is published on behalf of the European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA).