노버트 엘리아스(Nobert Elias) 인간과학이론의 교육학적 함의에 대한 연구

Study on the Educational Significance of Norbert Elias' Theory of the Human Sciences

Norbert Elias became more famous after his death, whose books provoked philosophical, sociological and historical controversies. While Elias took notice of the civilizing process of humans, he tried to grasp the humanistic and social matters in a relational context beyond individual levels such as philosophical, psychological and sociological approaches. He paid attention to the correlation between an individual and a society which were not separated and couldn't be separated, and then developed penetrative thinking over the individuals and the social phenomena. Elias did not unfold educational discussion, but his books enriched the educational significance by dealing with learning matters that had been formed and obtained in the process of civilization by humans and societies. Especially the theory of Elias had a thread of connection with that of J. Dewey in terms of handing the suppression of democracy that had been developed in the civilizing process. Also, his theory had a thread of connection with that of M. Foucault in terms of handling the power struggles that had been developed in the process of cultural formation. Therefore, the work to create the theoretical framework that could identify the educational matters on the basis of Norbert Elias's theory of human science was important for the educational discussion, since it showed interests in the theoretical model that could observe the education and the learning phenomena. This study is to review the basic designs of the Elias's theory of human science, to discuss the formation theory, which is the core of the civilization theory, to describe the Elia's knowledge theory, and finally to draw educational significance of the Elias's theory.