Education, Liberal Democracy and Populism: Arguments from Plato, Locke, Rousseau and Mill

ISBN-13: 9781032088648 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 172 str.

David Sullivan

Opis

Education, Liberal Democracy and Populism: Arguments from Plato, Locke, Rousseau and Mill provides a lucid and critical guide shedding light on the continuing relevance of earlier thinkers to the debates between populists and liberals about the nature of education in democratic societies.

Spis treści

1. Populism, Education and Challenges to Liberal Order: The Crisis of Democracy  2. Plato: Two Philosophies of Education?  3. John Locke: A Liberal Philosophy of Education.  4. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Education, Emile and Remaking Society.  5. John Stuart Mill: Education and Liberty  6. Education in Democratic Societies

O autorze

David Sullivan, prior to his retirement, was Head of the School of Lifelong Learning and Senior Lecturer in the School of Philosophy and Religion at Bangor University, Wales, United Kingdom. He has written widely on political philosophy, philosophy of education and international politics and the second edition of his Francis Fukuyama and the End of History (jointly authored with Howard Williams and Gwynn Mathews) was published in 2016.