Resumen de On the Use and Abuse of Great Educators: The Case of Comenius in the Low Countries
Johann Christoph Sturm, Leendert Groenendijk
This article presents an overview of four centuries of Dutch reactions to the seventeenth-century educationalist and philosopher J. A. Comenius. Threephases in this reception history are proposed: disregard, denouncement and deification.
After this summary account, the article goes into more detail with a review of two examples of what may be considered as abuses of Comenius� ideas. Firstly, it reports on the misinterpretation of Comenius by Dutch Pietist Protestants since the seventeenth century. Secondly, it discusses a very recent example of promoting Comenius as a prophet for postmodern times. In this respect, the article may also be read as a plea for the professional academic study of Comenius, in stead of calling him in for some ideological purpose
