PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION IN A DIGITAL SOCIETY
Abstract
This article examines the challenges of rethinking upbringing and education from the perspective of the ethno-confessional culture of the peoples of Central Asia, which reflects the tension between traditional and liberal values and the popularization of innovative pedagogical technologies from European countries. The relevance of this socio-cultural analysis stems from the substantiation of the ethno-confessional culture of Uzbek pedagogy, the revival of which fosters true meanings of spiritual and moral maturity, a righteous way of life and thought, and exemplary norms of behavior in the communication of the younger generation. The aim of this work is to rethink the social and collective upbringing of youth within the family of peoples of the region. This goal sets the objectives of a systemic, functional philosophical analysis of the crisis in the upbringing and education of young students drawn into internet addiction and the pathology of nomophobia. The materials for this article are drawn from universities in the Fergana Valley (Namangan and Fergana) and, for comparison, from students at Jizzakh State Pedagogical University. To ensure effectiveness, the study adopted a sociocultural approach, employing the following philosophical categories: general, specific, and particular, essence and content, system and function, and deductive and inductive methods. The authors see the resurgence of national systems and the functionality of traditional Eastern pedagogy in addressing the challenges of modern education. They place the responsibility for raising children within the family and in the school system, without which innovative European technology in schools in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan loses its meaning, as well as the severe medical pathologies of internet addiction. The new generation of millennial youth finds itself caught between the virtual and real worlds, drawn into gambling with artificial intelligence and the "game without winning," falling into large financial debts. Thus, education becomes a matter of life or death, success or a global catastrophe.