Lo “spirito del tempo” nel XXI secolo: Edgar Morin e l’educazione per la cultura digitale

Abstract

The article invites to re-read the book of Edgar Morin L’esprit du temps: nearly 60 years after it publications, it contains interesting prophecies about current media trends and it could also offer significant methodological suggestions for interpreter the contemporary transformations of the media culture. In particular, the text deals with the interdisciplinary reflection of Morin, links his thought to other author of the 50s and 60s and identifies some pedagogical implicit useful for promoting the Media Education approach with the contemporary digital technologies.