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The never-ending Work on Concepts – Illustrated with the Concept of ›Mündigkeit‹
A scientific approach to pedagogical topics and questions operates with ›concepts‹ that are somewhat constitutive for its own field of research. These concepts refer to systematic, historically developed relations which are still in the process of becoming. Doing justice to the claim to scientific validity, a critical reflection of the genesis and systematics of the concepts used is presupposed; if it does not happen, a scientific discussion inevitably runs the risk of becoming imprecise – losing its own content. Therefore, a critical reflexion of concepts such as ›Mündigkeit‹ has to be inherent in any scientific work and is to be thought of as the task of a self-reflexive science.
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Utopia, Critique and Chance. Possibilities of ›New Beginnings‹ as a Basic Problem in Pedagogy
Aiming at the utopian dimension of human life, the article focuses in particular on history that has not yet happened. With the help of three mutually dependent perspectives (utopia, critique and chance), a theoretical framework is set within which the possibility of ›new beginnings‹ can be reflected on. Following these considerations, implications for pedagogical thinking and acting are discussed, especially in terms of the upbringing of ›new persons‹ (›neue Menschen‹).