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The author diagnoses the dynamics of acceleration in our society in three parts: technological acceleration, which results in a “destruction of space”, accelerated social change, which leads to a “shrinkage of the present”, and – as a result of both of these trends – an acceleration in the subjective perception of time. The “society on the move” creates a pressure to make use of as many options in life as possible. The author shows that only deciding not to exploit all these options can help e…
Tendencies towards individualization have led to a pluralization of situations, phases and styles of living. Disengagement with reference to course participants manifests itself in the diversification of the group of course participants as far as their life situation (vertical disengagement), life phase (temporal disengagement) and style of living (horizontal disengagement) are concerned. The concept of social milieus as an integrative approach can represent tendencies of liberation and can a…
Vom 31.05. bis 06.06.1931 fand in im Volkshochschulheim Prerow auf dem Darß eine Arbeitstagung über das Thema „Grundfragen der Abendvolkshochschule“ statt. Die Veranstalter waren die Deutsche Schule für Volksforschung und Erwachsenenbildung und der Reichsverband der Volkshochschulen. Die dort verabschiedete Formel, von der im Nachfolgenden ein Auszug zu sehen ist, gilt in der Literatur als der Beleg der realistischen Wende in der Volkshochschularbeit.
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