Between liberalism and authoritarianism : education of civics in the era of desinformation

Abstract

This conference paper focuses on various aspects of how to educate prospective teachers of civics - or social sciences and philosophy - in times of a conflict between liberalism and authoritarianism. It deals also with questions of postfacticity and so called alternative facts that present a challenge in the education processes.

Keywords

• liberalism
• authoritarianism
• democracy
• civics
• education