Conceptualising Authority in a Technologized World

Michal Černý

Authors

Michal Černý Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0384-8974

Keywords:

authority, information society, artificial intelligence, education, digital world, servant leadership, identity, personality, philosophy of education, responsibility, teacher, teaching, technology, the role of schools

Abstract

The study analyses the concept of teacher authority and its transformation in the context of an information-technology-driven society and the development of artificial intelligence and new forms of cooperation, communication, and problem solving from the perspective of the philosophy of education. It shows that today’s key issues cannot be solved by the concept of a strong traditional leader as a Greek mythical hero, but that it is necessary to understand teachers as authorities in a completely new perspective.

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