Özet:

Since Ortega y Gasset lived between1883-1955, he witnessed both World War I and World War II whose impacts he experienced brougt deeply. He formed his philosophy basis on the wars and the factors that his country brought. According to Ortega, these periods had many of mass movements. For him, the mass included everyone who were not aware of themselves and who were deprived of culture whose inner dynamic was vital. Thus, even the scientists who lived without culture and have such education would not be saved from being mass. The solution of Ortega y Gasset for the massification problem was through education. Firstly, the education programs should be reviewed with in regard to the principle of student relativity. An important part of the university reformation would be achieved throug the addition of “culture classes” to this revised education program to prevent the massification and uncontrolled branching and to solve the life problems. However, Ortega y Gasset obviously stressed that we must to avoid from “imitation” in this reformation. Because, each society could face with its own problems and form its own line of reformation vision itself. Another reason for avoidance from imitation was that the imitation was the characteristic of the masses which did not have self-awareness. In this study, ıt was tried to explain the thoughts of Ortega y Gasset and to assess our own problems related to society and the educational community based on Ortega’s these thoughts. Furthermore, the problem of the culture education was tried to be presented with examples from our own world of thoughts. On that point, ıt was suggessted that while we were searching solutions for our own problems with reference to the thoughts of Ortega, we must be careful not to be a copyist.

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