Os desafios da Educação Popular no Contexto de Guerra Cosmopolita

Abstract

We aim with this research reflect on the challenges of Popular Education in the current context, that, in our perception, is expressed in a generalized scenario of war, of state of planetary siege. To be faithful to the perspective of popular education, whether in the elaboration of thought or in the exposition of ideas, we chose the essay form of exposure of our analysis, in an attempt to ensure a non-hierarchical relation in the use of research sources, which go to primary sources, experience reports, to our own perceptions of reality; in other words, we organize a real collection of essays on the topic. To this end, we caught a fruitful dialogue with the theorists of the Marxist critical theory, especially with the thinkers of the Frankfurt School, among others, in order to ensure the scientific rigor of our text. Therefore, it should be clear that our intention was restricted to give a modest contribution to what has been thought about Popular Education in Contemporary Brazil, without pretending to exhaust the debate. On the contrary, we hope that our reflections stimulate other questions.