Published: 2018-04-06

Education as simulacrum

Michał Głażewski
Pedagogical Forum
Section: Topic
https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2018.1.11

Abstract

The paper refers to the notion of simulacrum, a term created by Jean Baudrillard in his work “Simulacra and Simulation”, a philosophical treatise from 1981, in which he seeks to examine the relationships among reality, symbols, and society, in particular the significations and symbolism of culture and media that are involved in constructing an understanding of shared existence. Simulacra are copies that depict things which either had no original to begin with, or which no longer have an original. Simulation is the imitation of the operation of a real-world process or system over time. The aim of the article is to disassemble the semantic scope of the simulating function of education in the context of the question about the usefulness of Baudrillard's simulacrum metaphor as a heuristic tool for education analysis. The paper consists of four parts: 1. Education - terminological clarification; 2. A question about the simulative function of education; 3. Simulacrum as a heuristic tool for education analysis; 4. Education as simulacrum of a hypermarket.

Keywords:

education, pedagogics, simulacrum, reality, symbols, culture, hypermarket

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Głażewski, M. (2018). Education as simulacrum. Pedagogical Forum, 8(1), 147–166. https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2018.1.11

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