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Education and the Limits of Reason - Reading Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Nabokov (Paperback)
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Education and the Limits of Reason - Reading Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Nabokov (Paperback)
Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Education
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In recent decades, a growing body of educational scholarship has
called into question deeply embedded assumptions about the nature,
value and consequences of reason. Education and the Limits of
Reason extends this critical conversation, arguing that in seeking
to investigate the meaning and significance of reason in human
lives, sources other than non-fiction educational or philosophical
texts can be helpful. Drawing on the work of Dostoevsky, Tolstoy
and Nabokov, the authors demonstrate that literature can allow us
to see how reason is understood and expressed, contested and
compromised - by distinctive individuals, under particular
circumstances, in complex and varied relations with others. Novels,
plays and short stories can take us into the workings of a rational
or irrational mind and show how the inner world of cognitive
activity is shaped by external events. Perhaps most importantly,
literature can prompt us to ask searching questions of ourselves;
it can unsettle and disturb, and in so doing can make an important
contribution to our educational formation. An original and thought
provoking work, Education and the Limits of Reason offers a fresh
perspective on classic texts by Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Nabokov,
and encourages readers to reconsider conventional views of teaching
and learning. This book will appeal to a wide range of academics,
researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of education,
literature and philosophy.
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