Existentialistic View of Man and Its Bearings on Educational Ideas

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Existentialism is essentially an expression of a spiritual movement originating in a deep doubt and reflection upon the modern predicament of man. The radically new idea of man it presents is often fundamentally contradictory to traditional interpretations of human nature, and it compels us to reexamine our own view of humanity in a completely new light. Naturally it also comples us to reconsider our whole conception of the meaning and purpose of education.<BR>But what is usually called under the vague name of 'existentialism' is not a single, unified system or school of thought; it is in fact a group of divergent types of thinkers, common in some respects, but in other aspects sometimes widely different from each other. Indeed here is included even such an attitude as denies the very possibility of education. None the less, considering the importance of existentialism in the modern intellectual world, we cannot, and should not, evade the task of examining whether, and in what respects, existentialialism can have positive bearings upon educational ideas. To attempt to consider this problem is the purpose of this article.
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