Social Radicalism and Liberal Education

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Abstract

Liberal education used to command wide political support. Radicals disagreed with conservatives on whether the best culture could be appreciated by everyone, and they disagreed, too, on whether the barriers to understanding it were mainly social and economic, but there was no dispute that any worthwhile education ought to hand on the best that has been thought and said. That consensus has vanished since the 1960s. The book examines why social radicals supported liberal education, why they have moved away from it, and what the implications are for the future of an intellectually stimulating and culturally literate education.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationExeter
PublisherImprint Academic
Number of pages310
ISBN (Print)9781845407520, 9781845407513
Publication statusPublished - 15 Aug 2015

Publication series

NameSt Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs
PublisherImprint Academic

Keywords

  • Education
  • Liberal
  • Curriculum
  • Socialism
  • Radicalism

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