https://doi.org/10.31261/CHOWANNA.2003.20.06
The article addresses the issue of cultural education in the context of contemporary social phenomena, where the human being is seen as an autonomous individual and their life holds the highest value. Regardless of whether a person is influenced by education and of what kind it may be, they participate in culture. However, they tend to choose the levels and forms that do not require intellectual engagement, often described by researchers as passive. Participation then involves an unconscious adherence to the norms and cultural patterns prevalent at a given time, typically from the so-called mass level, although it may involve physical activity or, to some extent, emotional engagement. Participation limited to this level becomes a particularly strong conservative social factor. It solidifies preferences, behaviors, and patterns of evaluation. In the context of today’s ever-changing environment, such behaviors take the form of opposition to anything new — beginning with intolerance of different patterns that realize the same values, to blocking one’s awareness of new ideas or values. The sphere of cultural life — just like the economic one — illustrates that stagnation in the development of individuals, groups, or communities is not an act of preservation (maintaining inherited values), but a conservative one, resulting in relative regression in comparison to other reference groups. In this context, cultural remnants are no longer seen as valuable relics or archival treasures, but rather as burdens on a person’s journey through life. Freedom of experience and sincerity of perception emerge through the “understanding” of culture, its creations, their meaning, and value. This, however, becomes possible only through intellectual effort and self-creation. Contemporary culture no longer imposes rigid frameworks or separates levels of reception of “difficult” values. Its characteristics are permeability, openness, and changeability. Between mass culture and elite culture, there exists a wide range of levels and areas from which individuals make subjective choices. The main criterion for this selection lies in one’s competence.
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Vol. 1 No. 20 (2003)
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