UTOPIAS AND PROBLEMATIC OF EDUCATION*

Dr. Faruk Öztürk
Yüzüncü Yıl University

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to describe the relationship between the concepts of utopia and education. For this purpose some classic studies on utopias will be examined from educational perspectives. The main assumption of this study is that “utopia is a nature of humankind”. The main problem for utopia and education is ignorance of the imaginary aspects of human. The most important output of utopia is our gain in order to have many alternatives to solve our intellectual problems. Our utopic attitudes will provide us with the ability to reconstruction our educational imaginary.

Keywords
Utopia, imaginary, imagination, philosophy of education