REVISTA Nº 73-74 Julio-Diciembre de 2005 | |
FILOSOFÍA, EDUCACIÓN Y SOCIEDAD EN GINER DE LOS RÍOS José Penalva. Profesor de la Universidad de Murcia. |
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ABSTRACT: Giner's pedagogical discourse cannot be divorced from his social concern. "Educational reform" is at the service of "social reform". Yet contrary to common belief, the core meaning behind his social thought is not idealism but classical humanism. Hence the possibility of education as a key to real social change. Giner seeks to overcome the spiritual evil that afflicts Spain (partisanship, intolerance, dogmatism) by tackling the radical problem: idealism - the logical offspring of rationalism, which is the intellectual fruit borne of European thought. His basic theoretical convictions are: 1) Intellectualism is the cancer of thought, since it establishes an imbalance between thought and reality; against this, Giner unites theory and practice, personal convictions and practical conduct; 2) The danger of practice lies in rigorous order or the desire for "top-down" change - prescribed by the law -, which Giner counters by opting for the "bottom-up" change - which is education; 3) The fundamental aim of education is the "internal history" of the nation, in the face of apriorism, he asserts the interrelation between life and idea; 4) The Free Institution of Teaching is an offer of state education, a germ of social reform. |