Rethinking Bildung in the Anthropocene: The Case of Wolfgang Klafki

In this article, I discuss education in a time the history when human impact on Earth is massive and pervasive, with devastating consequences conditions for life. Within various academic fields, era increasingly distinguished as Anthropocene. The term highlights new, dominant position of species Earth’s history, but contentious, hiding much it reveals. Humanity surely not one, many, participating complex web relations constituted by other material world. Moreover, Anthropocene also global corporate capitalism, magnitude activities are unequally distributed among humans more-than alike. ethical political dimensions involved determine reflections article. Specifically, examine Wolfgang Klafki’s educational theory an expression response to Klafki salient contributor rethinking North European general didactics 20th century, which Bildung, formations self, plays key role. later works, epochal problems integrated his concept addressing environmental crisis, social inequity, threats peace Earth, outlook that transcends Bildung’s traditionally national scope. At same time, expresses anthropocentric outlook, calls rethinking. such suggest see mediating element common, crucial Bildung theory, limited interests including concerns life conceive historical situatedness aspect commonality Bildung.