ABSTRACT:
The article The crisis in education, published by Hannah Arendt in 1958 (the same year she launched The Human Condition) presents a singular analysis about the effects of the modern political crisis manifested in context where politics, in its strict sense, would be left out. Sixty years later, the article still wakens important reflections, marking its vitality, relevance and actuality. The purpose of this work is to present, in the form of a dialogue, some points in which the author anchors her singular interpretation about modern education, in the general political crisis pointed out in The Human Condition. Specifically, it seeks to relate criticisms to pedagogy with the epistemological and axiological changes produced by modern science and the deterioration of public space, confirming the importance of Hannah Arendt’s reflections on education and politics.
Keywords:
Modernity; Crisis; Education; Arendt