Submission Purpose
Main Conference
Type of Paper
Paper: Theorizing from the literature
Abstract
This paper analyzes the democratic ideal and its historical importance to adult education, and then analyzes how adult education today fits Niklas Luhmann’s autopoietic systems at the expense of the democratic ideal.
Keywords
Adult Education, Democratic Ideal, System’s Theory
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Recommended Citation
Zacharakis, J.
(2017).
The Democratic Ideal vs. Luhmann’s Autopoietic Systems in Adult Education.
Adult Education Research Conference.
https://newprairiepress.org/aerc/2017/papers/21
The Democratic Ideal vs. Luhmann’s Autopoietic Systems in Adult Education
This paper analyzes the democratic ideal and its historical importance to adult education, and then analyzes how adult education today fits Niklas Luhmann’s autopoietic systems at the expense of the democratic ideal.
