Philosophical anthropology of memory: Background from Lluís Duch to the cultural formation of the anthropos

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https://doi.org/10.31207/colloquia.v12i1.203

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Culture, education, memory, person, postmodernity

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This reflective article aims to present an interpretation of the relevance of memory in the formation of human beings as cultural beings. In accordance with the philosophical-anthropological postulates of the Benedictine monk Lluís Duch, the article begins by situating the postmodern era as a period that hinders the development of human capacities for cultural connection and belonging. To a large extent, this situation is due to a pedagogical crisis generated by the conditions of globalization and capitalism that extend to educational models, generating purely informational knowledge that does not contribute to the integral formation of the person. For Lluís Duch, the human life trajectory, that is, all its reflective actions and practical elaborations, is inserted into a cultural framewok that necessarily must involve learning. However, human beings today are alienated from educational forms that mediate and transmit meaningful knowledge that allows them to develop their cosmiszing capacities, which give meaning, order and unity. This directly affects the formation of human beings as cultural beings. In this regard, this essay consists of two parts. The first characterizes the educational sphere in postmodern society, distinguishing the inability of current educational systems to transmit knowledge for the formation of the human cultural dimension. The second part refers to the relevance of memory as an essential factor in the formation of the cultural subject. In accordance with the hermeneutic study carried out by Lluís Duch, the essay is written using a descriptive and interpretative method with the aim of finding the meaning of the relationship between education, culture and human formation.

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