The abc of cosmpolitanism: Kant and education

Author(s)

Caue Cardoso Polla

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2013-09-20

Examining board members

Ricardo Ribeiro Terra; Claudio Almir Dalbosco; Ana Thereza de Miranda Cordeio Dürmaier; Fernando Costa Mattos; Bruno Nadai

• Advisor: Ricardo Ribeiro Terra

Abstract

Our study aims at carrying out an investigation of the Kantian idea of a cosmopolitan education. Contextualizing Kants proposal of a cosmopolitan education within the broader scenario of the Enlightenment movement, we try to differentiate Kants education for its cosmopolitan trait. Firstly, we draw a short panorama of the Enlightenment and its relation with education, based on the concept of climate of opinion. Then, by contrasting Rousseau and Kant, we try to show their diverging proposals of education, based on a distinction current and the history of education between a private and a public education. By showing Kants support of a public education, we try to indicate that this very bias is a way of demanding a cosmopolitan education. In a third moment, we sketch Kants conception of education, then analyzing its relation with his philosophy of history. As a conclusion, we will try to summarize Kants cosmopolitanisms in order to debate Kants cosmopolitan education as a necessity. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 09/00274-8 - Kant and cosmopolitan education
• Grantee: Caue Cardoso Polla
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate