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Between Truth and Freedom: Rousseau our contemporary political educational culture
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Between Truth and Freedom: Rousseau our contemporary political educational culture
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Between Truth and Freedom: Rousseau our contemporary political educational culture
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Drawing on the thinking of philosophers Foucault and Richard Rorty, the book considers the public and private conflicts of education and politics in modern societies, treating them as the tension between the demands of truth and freedom. This tension exists across a range of educational and political systems, such as teaching in and by the family, school, the government and, separately, for women. Wain suggests that the conflict between truth and freedom began with Rousseau and remains a central challenge in our contemporary world of political and educational thought. This book’s examination of the public and private roles in education and politics can enhance our understanding of modern educational systems and current political nihilism.
Between Truth and Freedom provides an analysis of Rousseau’s position on the politics of education, arguing that his thoughts were much wider and more sophisticated than the ideas presented in
imply. This new consideration of the work of a classic figure will appeal to researchers and academics in the fields of the philosophy of education and political education.