Publication details
Duchovní dimenze waldorfské pedagogiky optikou reflexivní modernity
| Title in English | The spiritual dimension of Waldorf education as seen through the lens of reflexive modernity |
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Sociální studia |
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| Web | http://socstudia.fss.muni.cz/archiv.php?ukol=1&cislo=26&rok=2009 |
| Field | Sociology, demography |
| Keywords | education system religion reflexive modernity reflexive spirituality Waldorf pedagogy |
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| Description | The paper analyses spiritual scope of waldorf pedagogy with help of the concept of reflexive spirituality. It outlines problems of different conceptions of religion in relation to examining new religious phenomenona in the conditions of late modernity. It captures the influence of the reflexivity of modernity, framed by the Giddens theory of modernity, on the religion and analyses its shifts on four relevant levels: religion internalization, deinstitutionalization and related redefinition of religious authority, replacing the legitimization of the tradition by the legitimization of the science and pluralization of religious life. The author presents the concept of reflexive spirituality by American sociologist of religion Kelly Besecke which involves described shifts and furthermore monitors reflexive spiritual aspects of waldorf pedagogy through the analysing texts dealing with that phenomenon (books by pedagogical theorists, anthroposofic texts, contributions by waldorf teacher). The author identifies the concept of individuality as spiritual incarnation, understanding of school as community, looking for balance between scientific findings and spiritual facts and pluralistic openness to various religious traditions that are in compliance with principal features of reflexive spirituality. Concept enables to detect the potential of redefinition of certain aspects of late - modern culture at waldorf schools. In the Czech context, where those schools are run by the state, this seems to be an opportunity with real social implications. |