Liberty and education : a civic republican approach
Geoffrey Hinchliffe
Bok · Engelsk · 2015
| Utgitt | London : Routledge , 2015
|
|---|---|
| Omfang | XVII, 173 s.
|
| Opplysninger | "This book takes the thinking of Quentin Skinner, Philip Pettit and J. G. A. Pocock on republican liberty and explores the way in which this idea of liberty can be used to illuminate educational practice. It argues that republican liberty is distinct from both positive and negative liberty, and its emphasis on liberty as non-dependency gives the concept of liberty a particularly critical role in contemporary so- - ciety. Each chapter formulates and expounds the idea that an empireof liberty requires the existence of what are termed 'liberty-bearing ag- ents', and shows how education - with a particular emphasis on knowledge - is needed to foster the human powers which allow people to become liberty-bearing. It is also emphasised, however, that republican libe- rty is non-perfectionist and non-eudaimonic: the core values enshrined in an empire of liberty centre on non-dependency rather than the promulgation of a certain way of life. Drawing on prominent sevente- enth ce- ntury contract theorists, the link between liberty and authority is explained, suggesting that appropriate authoritative structure- s need to underpin the provision of education, and especially schooling, if educational practice devoted to the pursuit of liberty is to flourish. Liberty and Education will be of value to both educational the- orists unfamiliar with republican theory, as well as republican theorists interested in how their theory might play out in education. It will also be of interest to researchers and students from the fields of politics and the philosophy of education"--
|
| Emner | |
| Geografisk emneord | |
| Dewey | |
| ISBN | 9780415737913
|