Happiness, Hope, and Despair - Rethinking the Role of Education (Paperback, New edition)

In the Western world it is usually taken as given that we all want happiness, and our educational arrangements tacitly acknowledge this. Happiness, Hope, and Despair argues, however, that education has an important role to play in deepening our understanding of suffering and despair as well as happiness and joy. Education can be uncomfortable, unpredictable, and unsettling; it can lead to greater uncertainty and unhappiness. Drawing on the work of Soren Kierkegaard, Miguel de Unamuno, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Simone Weil, Paulo Freire, and others, Peter Roberts shows why these features of educational life need not be feared; to the contrary, they can be seen as a source of hope and human fulfilment. After years of negotiating an education system dominated by the language of competition, performance, and economic advancement, students and teachers often long for something different; they seek not just measurable success but also opportunities to ask searching questions of themselves and the world they encounter. Happiness, Hope, and Despair makes an important contribution toward meeting this need. It fosters a rethinking of the nature, purpose, and value of education, and opens up possibilities for further scholarly and professional inquiry.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Complicated Conversation, 43
Release date:	October 2015
First published:	2016
Authors:	Peter Roberts
Dimensions:	225 x 150 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	140
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-2097-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > Phenomenology & Existentialism Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > Phenomenology & Existentialism Books > Religion & Spirituality > General
LSN:	1-4331-2097-6
Barcode:	9781433120978

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