Kultura konsumpcyjna jako kontekst refleksji i praktyki pedagogicznej

The author claims that consumer culture is nowadays the key factor in the shaping of our society and of course also of educational environments. Therefore it is worth serious consideration and analysis. This article is devoted to the issues of most important features of consumer culture which, according to the author, are fundamental factors in shaping the context in which education takes place. The author includes among them: excessive consumerism understood as granting consumption the primary importance in the individual and social life, growth in importance of the fashion and displacement of custom, radical individualism, culture of hurry and displacement of culture of thought, and treatment of pleasure as the highest value.