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 language | English |
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Place of Publication | Exeter |
Publisher | Imprint Academic |
Number of pages | 310 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781845407520, 9781845407513 |
Publication status | Published - 15 Aug 2015 |
Publication series
Name | St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs |
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Publisher | Imprint Academic |
Keywords
- Education
- Liberal
- Curriculum
- Socialism
- Radicalism
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Lindsay Paterson
- School of Social and Political Science - UoE Honorary staff
Person: Affiliated Independent Researcher