Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education
About the Book Series
The philosophy of education is enjoying a resurgence of interest internationally, in line with the growing attention worldwide to education's seminal importance in shaping societies, economies and people's lives. This series brings together some of the leading experts from around the world, and provides an outlet for the very latest cutting-edge research.
Please send inquiries or proposals for this series to one of the following:
AnnaMary Goodall: [email protected]– Editor, UK, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Kirsty Hardwick: [email protected]– Editor, North & South America
Kanishka Jangir: [email protected] – Editor, Australia, New Zealand & Asia
Pupil Management and Emerging Democratic Voices: Governing by Knowledge in Schools
1st Edition
By Andrew Thomas
September 16, 2025
This book addresses the distance between contemporary philosophical critiques of education and the classroom context by applying new insights from social philosophy, neurology and historical analysis to common school practices. Critiquing contemporary academic and political debates concerning the ...
Defending the Value of Education as a Public Good: Philosophical Dialogues on Education and the State
1st Edition
Edited
By Katarzyna Wrońska, Julian Stern
June 27, 2025
Centred around a philosophical argument for contemporary education as a fundamental good, this edited volume demonstrates the benefits that education brings in a civil and flourishing societal context while also critiquing the state’s role in supporting and strengthening this educational focus. ...
Desire, Education and Teaching: A Lacanian Perspective
1st Edition
By Håvard Åsvoll
June 19, 2025
Exploring the implications of a novel theory of educational desire on the prevailing modes of educational research and theory, this book contextualises the realm of education studies through the challenging philosophies and theories of Lacan, thereby providing a genuinely alternative approach to ...
Agential Schooling: A Posthumanist Exploration of Schools, Classrooms, and Youth Participatory Action Research with Diverse Students
1st Edition
By Thomas Albright
June 12, 2025
This book examines how schooling—the restrictive, oppressive, and disciplinary force in much U.S. education—is protean and has the agency to change in response to challenges. Posthumanist theories were engaged with to better understand the intra‑actions between human, nonhuman, and discursive ...
The Dialectic of a Philosophical Education: A New Phenomenology
1st Edition
By Eduardo Duarte
May 09, 2025
This book provides an account, both theoretical and phenomenological, of the education offered by philosophy. Specifically, it examines the three distinct moments that make up the practice of philosophical study: reading, writing, and discussion. By considering each moment in turn, the author ...
Liberalism, Human Values and Schools as Microcosms of Society: Rediscovering Education for a Moral Future
1st Edition
By Martin Cohen
March 31, 2025
This seminal volume provides an accessible overview of key ethical and philosophical debates surrounding contemporary education policy, advocating for a future in education that is primarily driven by prioritising social values. Grounded in the educational ideas of recent British liberal and ...
Lyotard: Just Education
1st Edition
Edited
By Pradeep Dhillon, Paul Standish
January 30, 2025
Following Lyotard's death in 1998, this book provides an exploration of the recurrent theme of education in his work. It brings to a wider audience the significance of a body of thought about education that is subtle, profound and still largely unexplored. This book also makes an important ...
Discursive Thinking Through of Education: Learning from Those Who Transform the Universe
1st Edition
By Oleg Bazaluk
December 19, 2024
This book is a contribution to the philosophical discourse on education. Education is considered a tool of philosophy. Education (paideia) and politics (politeia) are equal in importance for building a sustainable society free from feud and unhappiness. Discursive thinking through of education is ...
Philosophy of Education in Dialogue between East and West: Japanese Insights and Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Masamichi Ueno
November 29, 2024
This edited book opens a dialogue on theories and philosophies of education between the East and the West in the era of globalisation. A great deal of research has been devoted to discussion of the ideas of Western theorists such as Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Fröbel, Herbert, Dewey, ...
Justice, Education, and the World of Today: Philosophical Investigations
1st Edition
Edited
By Inga Bostad, Marianna Papastephanou, Torill Strand
October 04, 2024
This edited book challenges the limits of current educational philosophical discourse and argues for a restored normativisation of education through a powerful notion of justice. Moving beyond conventional paradigms of how justice and education relate, the book rethinks the promotion of justice in,...
Practicing Embodied Thinking in Research and Learning
1st Edition
Edited
By Donata Schoeller, Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir, Greg Walkerden
August 15, 2024
This book delves into the embodied ground of thinking, illuminating the transition from theorising about the embodied mind to actively practising embodied thinking in research, teaching, and learning. The authors speak from immersing themselves in novel methods that engage the felt, experiential ...
Intelligence, Sapience and Learning: Concepts, Framings and Practices
1st Edition
By David Scott, Sandra Leaton Gray
June 10, 2024
Examining the idea of intelligence in its diverse sociological and philosophical formations, Intelligence, Sapience and Learning explores the multiple and often complex meanings associated with the concept of intelligence, and its relationships with learning, curriculum and sapience. Scott and ...