The dialectical critique of Theodor Adorno about fascism: implications in formation

Abstract

The analysis of Theodor W. Adorno on fascism appears as one of the most important themes of Critical Theory, as this philosopher devoted to the subject a significant part of their intellectual work. In this reflection, the freudian concept of unheimlich played a key role because it allowed the understanding of ambivalent forward toward strangers and foreigners, on the consideration that the different repels while internally is familiar. In Adorno's critical analysis of fascism stigma of difference, driven by the understanding of disability and acceptance of own instinctual contents of the subject, entails the development of strong segregation trends, acquiring fascist coloration whenever manifest as in-group opposition and out-group. This article aims to reflect the importance of this analysis in the educational field, particularly as regards the autoreflexivas possibilities in formation.