Myśl pedagogiczna i edukacja wobec anomii, bierności obywatelskiej, dysfunkcjonalności władzy i demokracji proceduralnej
Pedagogy and education in the face of anomie, civic passivity, dysfunction of power and procedural democracy

Author(s): Tomasz Pilch
Subject(s): Education
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: pathology of political power; hate speech; intolerance; education anti-reform; marginalization and exclusion; social policy; ecological threat
Summary/Abstract: The article critically analyses political power in Poland. Two charges are formulated against the authorities: 1. lack of rational economic policy, 2. deliberate sparking of hostility and division in the society. These deliberately destructive divisions are accompanied by manipulation of facts, hypocrisy over the past and incitement of hostility on the basis of political, moral and other differences. A bizarre example of the aberration of the country’s political authorities is establishing “LGBT-free zones”. The article presents threats resulting from the introduction of a failed reform of the educational system. This includes the reduction of protective, medical and social functions of the school, and the commercialization of extracurricular activities, thereby increasing educational inequalities. The article sheds a critical light on employment policy, employee protection and working conditions. The scandalous neglect in this respect has led to the highest economic emigration in recent decades, including that of young people. A separate area of criticism is the scandalous neglect of ecology, lack of concern for renewable energy sources, growing exclusion of communication and growing income inequalities, which puts Poland in the group of countries with the highest social stratification rates.

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