Memories of the future: Educational technologies and goals of the enlightenment

• Irina Alexandrovna Tulpe, Tatiana Ivanovna Luzina The Department of Religion and Religious Studies, St. Petersburg State University; 7–9, Universitetskaya Emb., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia
• Yulia Valerievna Puiu, Veda Igorevna Spivak, Anton Yakovlevich Kozhurin The Department of Philosophy, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia; 48 Moyka Emb. St. Petersburg, 191186, Russia

Abstract

The study aims to investigate educational technologies and goals of the enlightenment via hermeneutical methodology. As a result, the spoken word of persuasion and communication is more important than a book, and practical enlightenment implemented in actions is more valuable than formal education. In conclusion, the search for Russian philosophical and pedagogical thought and the reasoning of religious dissidents as for the enlightenment are correlated with the challenges of the information society.