"Die Verführung zur Freiheit" oder: Europas Werte er-lesen mit Literatur
The essay Fans of Europe (Europas Liebhaber) brings up the issue of whether cultural education can be reflected in literature. By this one shows that essay writing is a profitable manner of confrontation and in the context of the school education of values a contribution towards the education for Europe can be customized. Thus literature unfolds a socio-political action within the framework of aesthetic education. This is important considering exactly the present-day developments and it is significant because of this as both the teenagers and young adults belong to one and the same generation, who grew up in a peaceful and united Europe: on the one hand one develops the conscience of shared European values and on the other hand one contributes to the education for peace.
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