THE EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLE OF WORK: HUMAN EMANCIPATION AND ALIENATION IN THE CAPITALIST CONTEXT

Abstract

The research addresses the ontological dimension of work and its relationship with alienation in capitalist society, highlighting work as the foundation of human existence. The general objective is to analyze the theory of the educational principle of work and its relationship with the process of human emancipation. The proposed hypotheses suggest that work, as an educational principle, acts in the two dimensions of education – adaptation and emancipation – integrating science, culture and work, while, in the capitalist context, alienated work reinforces adaptation and limits the emancipatory discussion of education. To investigate these issues, the methodology used consists of a literature review of classic authors of historical-dialectical materialism and contemporaries, with a critical reflection on the relations between work and education. The main results indicate that work, in addition to its ontological dimension, has an educational perspective that integrates science, culture and work, being essential in educational training.