Learning to be Human - The Educational Legacy of John Macmurray (Hardcover)

The educational writings of John Macmurray, one of the finest 20th century philosophers of his generation, have a special relevance for us today. In similar circumstances of international crisis he argued for the central importance of education addressing fundamental issues of human purpose - how we lead good lives together, the emphasis on wisdom rather than knowledge alone, the advancement of a truly democratic culture, and the overriding importance of community in human flourishing. This remarkable collection of articles from leading international scholars includes the hitherto unpublished John Macmurray lecture - Learning to be Human - and brings together invited contributions from a range of fields and disciplines (e.g. philosophy of education, moral philosophy, care ethics, history of education, theology, religious education, future studies and learning technologies) and a number of countries across the world (e.g. Australia, the UK and the USA). Countering overemphasis on technique and its typical separation from wider human purposes emblematic of much of our current malaise, this book asks what it might mean to take the education of persons seriously and how such a perspective helps us to form judgments about the nature and worth of contemporary education policy and practice. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Oxford Review of Education.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2014
First published:	2015
Editors:	Michael Fielding
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	136
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-81370-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education
LSN:	1-138-81370-2
Barcode:	9781138813700

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