Educate for Peace: The Role of the University in Social Transformation

Pastor G.E.R.; Figueroa E.A.C.; Miranda K.N.L.; Rodríguez-Balcázar S.C. · Encuentros (Maracaibo) (2022) · DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6551191

Resumen

Peace has been the object of various evaluations and interpretations. It is mistakenly assumed as the antithesis of human conflicts or as the end of a life full of uncertainties. From the philosophical point of view, it is a dynamic theoretical construct, variable according to the historical moment, the circumstances and the social problems, but that contains within itself the possibility of walking towards a more humane, humanizing and sustainable world. For this reason, peace becomes a category of transversal and interdisciplinary analysis; It contemplates the complexity of the human being and the contextual limitations that he has to move towards a lasting peace. Under the educational approaches, the importance of transcending the culture of peace from the classroom to the community and, subsequently, to global scenarios is raised. For this to be possible, it is necessary to transform the university, society, distancing itself from the utilitarian vision of education, giving rise to a vision of change, of overcoming reality, where there is no room for any type of exclusion.

Instituciones: Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola; Universidad Privada del Norte