PARADIGMATIC NATURE OF ANTHROPOCENTRIC UPBRINGING

Abstract

The article presents reaction of the author to neoliberal strayings that are inclining towards anarchizing the system of upbringing. All neoliberal forms of pedagogy (black pedagogy, antipedagogy, summerhill-pedagogy etc.), with higher or lesser degree of passion, are gathered around one idea: Man is best brought up if not being brought up at all. Since it offers a variety of ideological backgrounds, antipedagogy has a growing number of its followers. With the intention to prevent a further expansion of this trend, the author advocates paradigmatic nature of anthropocentric upbringing that would grant upbringing that brings about inner spiritual transformation of man. This inner spiritual transformation enables human being to construct and organize their relations on bases of justice, creativity, cooperation and mutual respect. Every true change and development of a man and his reality entails the existence of balance of internal and external values. This paradigmatic aspect is in function of development of versatile contents of the term “upbringing”. It strives towards the ultimate, spiritual intelligence, i.e. harmony of mental spiritual and active forces in human personality.