Critical theory and childhood: the characterization of the concept in expropriation context of formative experiences

Abstract

The article discusses the concept of childhood from the perspective of the authors of Critical Theory. The goal was to understand the child and childhood from the possibilities of formative experiences. The study was based mainly on the writings of Adorno and Horkheimer, Walter Benjamin and Giorgio Agamben. This is a set of reflections that seek to analyze the process of expropriation of experience in the context of the cultural industry and consumer society. The education focused on emancipation can not do without the realization capacity of experience contained in childhood universe as a child, or as a human potential capable of producing culture.

Keywords

• Teoria crítica. Infância. Expropriação da experiência. Educação.