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
Epistemology and the Predicates of Education: Building Upon a Process Theory of Learning
1st Edition
By Thomas Peterson
March 31, 2021
Exploring the predicates of education from theoretical, practical and historical perspectives, this book revalorizes the central role of the humanities in the ethical and aesthetic formation of the individual.This book considers timely questions of process and epistemology in today’s academy. It ...
Flourishing as the Aim of Education: A Neo-Aristotelian View
1st Edition
By Kristján Kristjánsson
March 31, 2021
This book develops a conception of student flourishing as the overarching aim of education. Taking as its basis the Aristotelian concept of eudaimonia, it provides a theoretical study of the foundations of flourishing that goes well beyond Aristotle’s approach. Flourishing as the Aim of Education ...
Democratic Education in a Globalized World: A Normative Theory
1st Edition
By Julian Culp
December 18, 2020
Due to the economic and social effects of globalization democracy is currently in crisis in many states around the world. This book suggests that solving this crisis requires rethinking democratic education. It argues that educational public policy must cultivate democratic relationships not only ...
Civil Society, Education and Human Formation: Philosophy's Role in a Renewed Understanding of Education
1st Edition
Edited
By Jānis (John) Tālivaldis Ozoliņš
August 14, 2020
Education has been widely criticised as being too narrowly focused on skills, capacities and the transference of knowledge that can be used in the workplace. As a result of the dominance of economic rationalism and neo-liberalism, it has become commodified and marketed to potential customers. As a ...
Pedagogical Alliances between Indigenous and Non-Dualistic Cultures: Meta-Cultural Education
1st Edition
By Neal Dreamson
August 14, 2020
Pedagogical Alliances Between Indigenous and Non-Dualistic Cultures examines Indigenous education for authentic intercultural education. It critically reviews various Indigenous cultural and educational perspectives in Western education contexts, addresses relevant meta-cultural concerns, argues ...
Education and the Pursuit of Wisdom: The Aims of Education Revisited
1st Edition
By Jānis (John) Ozoliņš
June 30, 2020
Education and the Pursuit of Wisdom examines the ways in which the timeless human search for wisdom relates to current educational practices. This book challenges the current approach of an economically-driven system preparing students solely for the workplace, and instead discusses the importance ...
Teaching and Learning as a Pedagogic Pilgrimage: Cultivating Faith, Hope and Imagination
1st Edition
By Nuraan Davids, Yusef Waghid
June 30, 2020
Teaching and Learning as a Pedagogic Pilgrimage is premised on an argument that if higher education is to remain responsive to a public good, then teaching and learning must be in a perpetual state of reflection and change. It argues in defence of teaching and learning as constitutive of a ...
The Legacy of Isocrates and a Platonic Alternative: Political Philosophy and the Value of Education
1st Edition
By James R. Muir
June 30, 2020
Bringing together the history of educational philosophy, political philosophy, and rhetoric, this book examines the influence of the philosopher Isocrates on educational thought and the history of education. Unifying philosophical and historical arguments, Muir discusses the role of Isocrates in ...
Education, Self-consciousness and Social Action: Bildung as a Neo-Hegelian Concept
1st Edition
By Krassimir Stojanov
March 04, 2020
Education, Self-consciousness and Social Action reconstructs the Hegelian concept of education, Bildung, and shows that this concept could serve as a powerful alternative to current psychologist notions of learning. Taking a Hegelian perspective, Stojanov claims that Bildung should be interpreted ...
Education and Free Will: Spinoza, Causal Determinism and Moral Formation
1st Edition
By Johan Dahlbeck
February 25, 2020
Education and Free Will critically assesses and makes use of Spinoza’s insights on human freedom to construe an account of education that is compatible with causal determinism without sacrificing the educational goal of increasing students’ autonomy and self-determination. Offering a thorough ...
K�12 Education as a Hermeneutic Adventurous Endeavor: Toward an Educational Way of Thinking
1st Edition
By Doron Yosef-Hassidim
December 13, 2019
Considering the role of compulsory mass education and schooling in a democratic society, this book introduces an alternative vision for K-12 education as an "adventurous endeavour." Grounded in a strong theoretical framework, Yosef-Hassidim reveals the negative impact of instrumentalization of ...
Heidegger on Literature, Poetry, and Education after the �Turn�: At the Limits of Metaphysics
1st Edition
By James M. Magrini, Elias Schwieler
December 10, 2019
Offering new and original readings of literature, poetry, and education as interpreted through the conceptual lens of Heidegger’s later philosophy of the "Turn", this book helps readers understand Heidegger’s later thought and presents new takes on how to engage the themes that emerged from his ...