Philosophy of Education Books

New and Published Books – Page 1

1. Education, Experience and Existence

   Engaging Dewey, Peirce and Heidegger

   By John Quay

   Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Education

   Education, Experience and Existence proposes a new way of understanding education that delves beneath the conflict, confusion and compromise that characterize its long history. At the heart of this new understanding is what John Dewey strove to expound: a coherent theory of experience. Dewey’s...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
2. Ideas of Education

   Philosophy and politics from Plato to Dewey

   Edited by Christopher Brooke, Elizabeth Frazer

   There has always been a strong relationship between education and philosophy - especially political philosophy. Renewed concern about the importance and efficacy of political education has revived key questions about the connections between the power to govern, and the power to educate. Although...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
3. The Spanish Tragedy (RLE Responding to Fascism)

   By Jef Last

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Responding to Fascism

   The Spanish Civil War was one of the pivotal events of the 1930’s, the moment when fascism and socialism came into open conflict. First published in 1939, The Spanish Tragedy recounts the experiences of Jef Last. Activist, poet and novelist, Last might have been the archetypal Republican volunteer...

   Published May 9th 2013 by Routledge
4. The Routledge International Handbook of Education, Religion and Values

   Edited by James Arthur, Terence Lovat

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   The academic fields of religion and values have become the focus of renewed interest in contemporary thinking about human activity and its motivations. The Routledge International Handbook of Education, Religion and Values explores and expands upon a range of international research related to this...

   Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
5. Higher Education in Nazi Germany (RLE Responding to Fascism

   Or Education for World Conquest

   By A Wolf

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Responding to Fascism

   Higher Education in Nazi Germany was first published in 1944, when it was apparent that Germany was likely to lose the war. Developing themes that were to become commonplace in the analysis of totalitarian regimes, it provides an account of how higher education became a means of both installing and...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
6. I Speak of Germany (RLE Responding to Fascism)

   A plea for Anglo-German friendship

   By Norman Hillson

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Responding to Fascism

   Not all of the responses to fascism in the English speaking world were hostile. With the aim of providing a representative sample, Routledge here re-issues Norman Hillson’s I Speak of Germany. First published in 1937, this is an account of the author’s travels in Germany, and is largely sympathetic...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. German Literature Through Nazi Eyes (RLE Responding to Fascism)

   By G Atkins

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Responding to Fascism

   The influence of Nazism on German culture was a key concern for many Anglo-American writers, who struggled to reconcile the many contributions of Germany to European civilization, with the barbarity of the new regime. In German Literature Through Nazi Eyes, H.G. Atkins gives an account of how the...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
8. Six Years of Hitler (RLE Responding to Fascism)

   The Jews Under the Nazi Regime

   By G Warburg

   Series: Routledge Library Editions

   The extent to which Jews were being actively persecuted in Germany through the 1930’s was a hotly debated issue, with many apologists downplaying the centrality of race in Nazi ideology. This book, first published in 1939, provided a clear counter argument to this position. Based on official German...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
9. ‘Manufactured’ Masculinity

   Making Imperial Manliness, Morality and Militarism

   By J. A. Mangan

   Series: Sport in the Global Society - Historical perspectives

   'Manufactured' Masculinity should be considered essential reading for scholars in the humanities and social sciences at every level and in all parts of the academic world. It weaves together brilliantly the elements of the 'manufacture' of masculinity in the period world-famous 'public' school...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
10. Meaning-Centered Education

    International Perspectives and Explorations in Higher Education

    Edited by Olga Kovbasyuk, Patrick Blessinger

    In a time of globally changing environments and economic challenges, many institutions of higher education are attempting to reform by promoting standardization approaches. Meaning-Centered Education explores the counter-tide for an alternative vision of education, where students and instructors...

    Published April 7th 2013 by Routledge