Sociedade e formação na tradição adorniana : perspectivas emancipatórias para além do neoliberalismo

Abstract

This dissertation approaches the concept of formation from the Adornian reflection on education, including the criticism about the effects of the cultural industry on human formation. A theoretical investigation is proposed, identifying formation obstacles imposed by economic power on society, indicating prospects for an emancipatory education. According to Adorno, education is considered a commercial product and a set of pragmatic techniques, whose sole purpose is to promote economic and social ascension. This type of education makes it impossible to fully understand reality, hides social criticism, and institutes and regulates alienation and ideologies. It is this proposal of formation, typical of the "managed society", fragmented, superficial, uncritical and merely technical, that Adorno calls "semi-formation" (Halbbildung). This educational project presents the meanings of existence as unquestionable and determined, contributes to human reification and to its permanence within the narrow limits of the world of work and consumption, even in moments of leisure and entertainment, separated from culture. Considering the development and expansion of this process, with the advent of digital media and neoliberal society, this research seeks the support of authors and scholars to reflect on cultural domination today. Among the possible questions, we ask: what is the importance and possible paths for an emancipatory education in the contemporary world? In what ways does the ubiquity of the internet and social media contribute to deepening cultural domination? Although the answers may not be definitive for the problem of education, the critical and reflective path proposed by Adorno seems to contribute decisively to the awareness of the education we want: one that does not impose obstacles to reflection and the search for an emancipatory education. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]