Critical Conversations in Philosophy of Education

by Kohli,Wendy; Kohli,Wendy

• ISBN13: 9780415906944
• ISBN10: 0415906946
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781136646294
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1995-05-01
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

Critical Conversations in Philosophy of Educationpresents a series of conversations expressing many of the multiple voices that currently constitute the field of philosophy of education. Philosophy of education as a discipline has undergone several turns--the once marginal perspectives of the various feminisms, critical Marxism, and poststructuralist, postmodernist and cultural theory have gained ground alongside those of Anglo-analytic and pragmatic thought. Just as western philosophers in general are coming to terms with the "end of philosophy" pronouncement implicit in postmodernism, so too are philosophers of education faced with similar challenges--challenges to long-held moral, political, aesthetic and epistemological commitments. The contributors take up these challenges through a dialogical structure, expressing differing positions without engaging in destructive critique. There is no intention to come to consensus; rather the point is to expand the number and kind ofparticipating voices in the conversation and engage in a lively intellectual exchange that will insure the vitality of educational theorizing.

Table of Contents

Contextualizing the Conversation

What Counts As Philosophy Of Education?

What Counts As Philosophy of Education?

The Discourse of Philosophy of Education

Counting Down to the Milennium

Variations From/On The "Canon": Aims and Purposes of Education

Education for Domestic Tranquillity

Pragmatism: The Aims of Education and the Meaning of Life

Permit Them to Flourish

2Rationality and Reason

Reasonable Doubt: Toward a Postmodern Defense of Reason as an Educational Aim

Educating for Emancipatory Rationality

Reconceiving Reason

Educating for Moral and Ethical Life

Postmodernism, Ethics, and Moral Education

Care and Moral Education

Extending the Boundaries of Moral Education

Knowledge and Certainty in Uncertain Times

For the Stranger in My Home: Self-Knowledge, Cultural Recognition, and Philosophy of Education Rene

Narrative in Philosophy of Education: A Feminist Tale of "Uncertain" Knowledge

Knowledge and Certainty; Feminism, Postmodernism, and Multiculturalism

Educating for Public Life

Educating for Public Life

Education for Citizenship

Education for Citizenship: Obstacles and Opportunities

Expanding/Exploding The "Canon": Culture, Art, and Representation

Textuality and the Designs of Theory

Beyond the Formal and the Psychological: The Arts and Social Possibility Landon

Difference, Identity, and "Otherness" in a Multicultural World

The Difference We Make: Philosophy of Education and The Tower of Babel

Postmodern Dilemmas

Toward a Ecological Perspective

Toward an Ecological Perspective

Whose Ecological Perspective? Bringing Ecology Down to Earth

Sex, Gender, and the Body

Matters of the Mind

Turning Tricks

Power, Knowledge, and Interets

Needs, Interests, Growth, and Personal Autonomy: Foucault on Power James

Putting the Political Back Into Autonomy

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