Abstract

ERAZO PANTOJA, Víctor Javier  and  ERAZO PANTOJA, Luis Miguel. MODERNITY, DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION: CAUSES FROM CIVILIZING TO THE CIVILIZATION CRISIS. Tend. [online]. 2015, vol.16, n.1, pp.99-124. ISSN 0124-8693.  https://doi.org/10.22267/rtend.151601.35.

On the basis of postcolonial studies, the article is to think about the main constituent of modernity, as a result of a process that shaped the qualities of the modern world system and, apart from these, the specific component of development as key features their contemporary conditions. Analyzes how these characteristics have led to the generation of an unprecedented crisis of civilization; crisis facing humanity as a dynamic system and depletion crisis has permeated education, making the service element established model of capitalist development. The development is also under investigation, to the extent that a contribution from the description of some of the thought processes of transformation, from the complexity, to and for the creation of new development models is: rationality and alternative mode alternative livelihood, as elements that can contribute to the transformation of education. It was found that in education, in conjunction with the transformation of thought, overcoming the crisis of civilization is. Possible improvement, through change of educational practices, including social relationships (otherness) of education stakeholders.

Keywords : civilization crisis; modernity; worldwide modern system; development; alternative way of living; education.