Institutions Constitute the Majority of Education
When asked who can enforce behaviors? our institutions, which are our superstructures, stand out. The state is the most powerful of social institutions in terms of enforcement. The state may commit acts that are considered crimes and not face punishment. Because of this exceptional condition, state preveails dictating the education. Although the state is composed of citizens, it primarily represents a specific group of citizens. In other words, despite the public, it is the will of those at the top that prevails. Therefore, it is essential for citizens to participate in state governance at every opportunity and not leave it unattended. An unclaimed state is like an unclaimed property, which will fall into disrepair and become a hub for malicious intentions. Unclaimed education, like an unclaimed weapon, can be seized by those with ill intentions and work to one’s detriment.
They imply us.
The school is a political institution built around the narrative of “us and them.” Children are prepared for life and struggle. The state raises children to defend against external threats. It first tries to make them soldiers, national anthems are the most significant indicators of this. Then, it prepares the support services that the soldiers will need. Of course, in our era, wars are fought on economic and cultural fronts, so we also train people in different professions suitable for these fields.
It is a Shame to Send an Archer to War Without Education
We live in a society where it is inevitable to program people as a continuation of an excessively political, invasive branch of humanity. We are on such a path that we can’t even think of turning back. Therefore, it is inevitable to make people a part of formal education. The state and its methods are not pleasant, but the game has been set up this way for us.
The State, Societal Institutions, and Official Institutions Shape the Education We Know
Not only the state but also major social structures like religion, family, government, the education organization, private and public institutions, and non-governmental organizations form the education as we know it. The power of these institutions is the most significant factor in education and is the most prominent example of power. Institutions direct education. In history, before the establishment of centralized states, religion, family, and folk culture were more dominant. In fact, we can say that humanity was educated by these. After centralized states emerged, the power of religion, family, and folk culture was weakened, and education began to serve the state’s purposes.
Education Has Become a Product of a Political Agenda
As political beings, we direct others, and we are the continuation of such a lineage. In other words, we are institutional structures raised for a purpose. Education does not have to be this way, but we continue the successful business model of which we are a continuation. While fulfilling the institution’s goals, education, which involves political elements and instrumentalizes others, should not neglect the larger institutions that are its superstructures and the individuals that form these institutions. For example, when designing education, a state should not ignore the institution of humanity, its values, and the situations of the individuals within it.
Humanity, and the state are the most influential stakeholders
There are hundreds of stakeholders in education, but institutions set the course of education. They also provide the wind, and even the ship belongs to the institutions. In such a journey, the family only raises the child until sending them off to the military. The major event, the individual’s career, is determined by institutions. The family is also more than willing for this because all family members have undergone the education provided by these institutions. In other words, it is an inescapable path, the education of institutional power.
How Should Institutions Use Their Power?
There are institutions even larger than institutions; there is a life institution, a superstructure, that is even larger than the institution of humanity. Of course, it must be compatible with the superstructures and not neglect the infrastructures. For example, if a state does not establish its national education by balancing infrastructures and superstructures, the line it draws will disappear after a while, even if it is more advanced. We must go together. All societal collapses occur from not going together. If the Great Roman State had educated the barbarians instead of enslaving them, and if the Muslims and Americans had done the same, we would be living in a completely different world, all together.
