Vol. 28 No. 2 (2025): Anno XXVIII, 2-2025
Dossier - Filosofia dell'educazione: contributi teorici

Antonio Banfi e la pedagogia critica. Razionalismo, educazione e nuove sfide nell’era digitale.

Giovanbattista Trebisacce
Professore associato di Pedagogia generale e Filosofia dell’educazione – Università della Calabria

Published 2025-12-30

Keywords

  • Antonio Banfi,
  • critical rationalism,
  • education,,
  • problematic pedagogy,
  • digital citizenship,
  • body,,
  • pedagogical humanism
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How to Cite

Trebisacce, G. (2025). Antonio Banfi e la pedagogia critica. Razionalismo, educazione e nuove sfide nell’era digitale. Studi Sulla Formazione Open Journal of Education, 28(2). https://doi.org/10.36253/ssf-16918

Abstract

The article proposes a reinterpretation of Antonio Banfi’s thought in light of today’s educational challenges, particularly regarding digitalization, the centrality of the body, and citizenship. By situating Banfi within twentieth-century philosophy, the essay demonstrates how his critical rationalism and the notion of the “culture of crisis” may serve as heuristic frameworks for rethinking the autonomy of pedagogy and its formative mission in the algorithmic age. The hypothesis is that Banfi’s problematicism allows the elaboration of a new pedagogical humanism, conceived as digital transcendentalism, aimed at preserving freedom and dignity in technological society.