Omnilateral Formation and Corporal Culture

approaches between the Critical-Overcoming approach of Physical Education and Historical-Critical Pedagogy

Abstract

This theoretical-methodological essay, grounded in historical-dialectical materialism, seeks to investigate the connections between Historical-Critical Pedagogy and the critical-overcoming approach of Physical Education, aiming at the construction of a counter-hegemonic educational project. The central objective is to analyze how the concept of corporal culture, proposed by the critical-overcoming approach, constitutes itself as an essential component for an integrated and omnilateral education. This principle, reclaimed from the Marxian tradition, is defined as the horizon of a broad and emancipatory human formation, which overcomes the fragmentation of knowledge and the adaptive logic of the market. Thus, this study argues that the theoretical-methodological alignment between these theories, by assuming a dialectical praxis, enables the recovery of the formative potential of Physical Education, which is often diminished in the neoliberal context. Corporal culture, approached in an interdisciplinary manner, is presented as a vital axis for an education that articulates intellectual, ethical, and physical dimensions, forming critical and transformative individuals. It is concluded that, far from being a secondary activity, Physical Education, on these foundations, proves to be fundamental for omnilateral formation, constituting a political act of resistance beyond the metabolism of capital.