THE WEST AND THE ORIENT IN THE WORLD POLITICO-EDUCATIONAL SPACE: SOME ASPECTS OF THE CONTEMPORARY DISCUSSION
e immediate aim of the article is the analysis of some aspects of the rich and diverse discussion devoted to the problem of interaction of the western and oriental educational traditions and their impact on the evolution of political institutes in the ancient world and the epoch of modern. Initiated by Plato, Aristotle, Confucius and continuing through Machiavelli, Rousseau and W. von Humboldt to contemporary times, this discussion outlined the meaning of public education and the need itself to educate the younger members of society, whether for the purpose of reproducing the social order or for the purpose of radically transforming it. The author develops his own contribution to ongoing debates on politics and education by insisting that each model of educational politics needs of special scientific and philosophical involvement.