Abstract

The dominance of capitalism, through the hegemony of neoliberal ideology, is maintained as an illusion through the use of four main strategies. In order to obtain the consent of the population, mass schooling tends to produce graduates who accept this illusion because they are vulnerable to these strategies and cannot imagine a post-capitalist world. However, through education, people can better appreciate the problematic reality of unbridled capitalism, such as the degradation of the global ecosystem. It is argued here that programs which are designed to address these problems, such as Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), are dependent upon citizens developing a critical consciousness. This consciousness is firstly able to confront the four strategies maintaining capitalism’s dominance. It is argued that an education which engages with spiritual ideals and values regarding how a good life is understood in an aspirational sense, enables people to engage with the dominance of capitalism and to envision other possibilities for society in which capitalism is harnessed to serve the greater public good. This requires education’s ontology – as the character of students – to critically read the world, imagine possibilities which can constitute a good life, and are courageous to enact the social actions required to make these ideals a reality. This is made possible by an education which returns to the spiritual roots of ideals.

摘要

资本主义的主导地位，通过新自由主义意识形态的霸权，通过使用四种主要策略，被保持为一种幻觉。为了获得民众的同意，大众教育往往会产生接受这种错觉的毕业生，因为他们容易受到这些策略的影响，无法想象后资本主义世界。然而，通过教育，人们可以更好地理解肆无忌惮的资本主义的问题现实，例如全球生态系统的退化。这里认为旨在解决这些问题的计划，例如可持续发展教育 (ESD)，取决于公民培养批判意识。这种意识首先能够对抗维持资本主义统治的四种策略。有人认为，关于如何从理想的意义上理解美好生活的精神理想和价值观参与的教育，使人们能够参与资本主义的统治，并设想利用资本主义为更大的社会服务的社会的其他可能性。公益。这需要教育本体——作为学生的性格——批判性地阅读世界，想象构成美好生活的可能性，并勇敢地制定使这些理想成为现实所需的社会行动。这是通过回归理想的精神根源的教育实现的。使人们能够参与资本主义的统治，并设想利用资本主义为更大的公共利益服务的社会的其他可能性。这需要教育本体——作为学生的性格——批判性地阅读世界，想象构成美好生活的可能性，并勇敢地制定使这些理想成为现实所需的社会行动。这是通过回归理想的精神根源的教育实现的。使人们能够参与资本主义的统治，并设想利用资本主义为更大的公共利益服务的社会的其他可能性。这需要教育本体——作为学生的性格——批判性地阅读世界，想象构成美好生活的可能性，并勇敢地制定使这些理想成为现实所需的社会行动。这是通过回归理想的精神根源的教育实现的。