Moral and Political Discourses in Philosophy of Education

Name: Moral and Political Discourses in Philosophy of Education
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Moral and Political Discourses in Philosophy of EducationAuthor(s): Prakash Iyer, Indrani Bhattacharjee\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge India\nISBN-13: 9780367147259, 978-0367147259\nSynopsis\nThis book focuses on moral and political education and critically engages with educational issues from a philosophical perspective. It engages with questions of moral education as well as questions about citizenship education, to address apprehensions on learning in a liberal democracy while parallelly invoking issues from within the curriculum, the school environment and teacher-student relationship.\n\nWith contributions from renowned philosophers and educationists, this volume discusses themes like civic education and liberal democracy; toleration and freedom; Tagores conception of the moral and political self; key issues in moral education; cosmopolitanism, compassion, care ethics and moral purpose of schooling; to revisit and rethi.