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:
Manon Berset: [email protected] – Editor, UK, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Kirsty Murray: [email protected] – Editor, North & South America
Kanishka Jangir: [email protected] – Editor, Australia, New Zealand & Asia
Developing the Philosophy and Praxis of Education through Fire-craft and Threshold Experiences: Education as Kindling
1st Edition
By Jonathan M. Code
June 19, 2026
Drawing on research gathered from North America, Scandinavia, Western Europe, South Africa, China and the UK, this book arises out of an immersion in fire-craft and is inspired by kindling as a guiding imagination for a re-evaluation and re-articulation of educational purpose. Chapters combine ...
A Metaphysics for the Liberal Arts: Process, Quality, and Continuity
1st Edition
By Bethany Henning, Seth Vannatta
January 27, 2026
This book explores the relationship between metaphysics and the liberal arts. Part I contrasts the dualistic metaphysics of Platonism, Cartesianism, and materialisms, with the process metaphysics of William James, John Dewey, C.S. Peirce, and A.N. Whitehead with an eye toward illustrating how ...
Challenging the Notion of Crisis in Education: Reclaiming Agency and Intent
1st Edition
By Michael Thomas Smith
January 27, 2026
This book explores the narrative of education being in a state of perpetual crisis and the motivations behind the historical and contemporary tendency to exploit the same. Written as a call for greater media literacy, the book recognizes how and when "solutions" to the oft-acknowledged educational ...
Practicing Embodied Thinking in Research and Learning
1st Edition
Edited
By Donata Schoeller, Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir, Greg Walkerden
December 26, 2025
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 ...
A New Education for a New Economy: From Human Capital to Human Flourishing
1st Edition
By Tal Gilead
October 27, 2025
Providing an in-depth, novel analysis of education’s role in today’s economy by scrutinizing its theoretical underpinnings, this volume critiques the suitability of the current, dominant economic framework for education and for shaping educational policymaking worldwide. Critically examining the ...
Intelligence, Sapience and Learning: Concepts, Framings and Practices
1st Edition
By David Scott, Sandra Leaton Gray
October 26, 2025
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 ...
Pupil Management and Emerging Democratic Voices: Governing by Knowledge in Schools
1st Edition
By Andrew Thomas
August 18, 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 ...