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Was einstmals Philosophie hieß, wird heute seiner eigenen Definition nicht mehr gerecht. Die Philosophie hat dort versagt, wo die drängendsten Probleme unserer Gesellschaft offensichtlich sind. Verbannt in die Grenzbereiche der Ästhetik verkümmert die notwendige Debatte um Begriffe wie Entfremdung, Totalität und Fetischismus in der Besenkammer des Rückschritts; solange dies so ist, bewegt sich die Menschheit weiter abwärts in Richtung Barbarei. Signifikant ist, dass vielen kritisch gemeinten Ansätzen auf dem langen Weg ins Nirvana vom institutionalisierten Philosophiebetrieb der Zahn gezogen worden ist. Es ist höchst Zeit, die Vernunft aus dem Garten der Beliebigkeit abzuholen. (ICEÜbers)

Questions concerning the philosophy of political education belong to the basic theoretical questions of didactics of politics. There are, however, still heated debates whether contemporary political education really includes such a philosophy. One focus of such controversies is the discussion about whether learning of democracy or rather learning of politics might stand for such a philosophy of political education. Although the idea of democracy as being a normative core aspect of didactics of politics is widely accepted, the paradigm "learning democracy" or citizenship education is often seen from a critical to rejective viewpoint. Citizenship education appears to be a difficult topic in political education. The paper is based on the hypothesis that citizenship education & learning politics should not be viewed as opposites, neither theoretically nor practically. Challenges as well as tasks of political education in today's society should be to present & convey (learning) democracy & (learning) politics, school culture & lessons, knowledge & experience as interdependent variables within the variety of theory & praxis. To sum up, the paradigm "learning democracy" means that political education in the form of citizenship education changes the core problem of politics into a basic question of politics-related learning: How can society & its people come to a democratic living together that is characterized by the establishment & realization of general commitment, & which political problems & conflicts have to be tackled & solved in this regard? "Citizenship education by means of political education can be seen as a condition as well as hermeneutics & criticism of democracy.". Adapted from the source document.