POSSIBILITIES OF RESOLVING THE DILEMMA ‘POWER-KNOWLEDGE’ IN THE PROCESS OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY FORMATION IN UKRAINE

This article deals with the possible search for a solution to the “power-knowledge”
dilemma in the context of the formation of a civil society in Ukraine. The articles examines
the causes and the need for carrying out constructive reforms in education, in order to
overcome the alienated nature of the power-to-education relationship. The problem is viewed
alongside current research on reforming national education, including by contemporary
theorists of educational philosophy such as Jose Ortego-i-Gasset, Marek Queck, Andy
Greene, Karl Popper, and Paulo Freire. We argue that it is the critical consciousness in the
field of pedagogical activity that shapes the creative approach to modern education and
science. In the Ukraine, it is possible to obtain positive results in educational reform through
the democratization of educational activity. Only through overcoming the contradiction of
“power-knowledge” – and other forms of alienation of education from power can one gain
a positive constructive in the field of educational activity.

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