1st Edition

Between Truth and Freedom Rousseau and our contemporary political and educational culture

By Kenneth Wain Copyright 2015
186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

This book engages in a broad reading of Rousseau’s writings on educational and political thought in order to explore and address the competing demands of the enculturation and individuation of the young in Western societies. Although Rousseau’s Emile has been frequently utilised in educational debate, much of his other work has been largely neglected, as too has the relationship between his... Read more

Introduction: Rousseau into the Twenty-first Century  Chapter One: The Ethics of Authenticity and Postmodern Education  Chapter Two: At Odds with his Age  Chapter Three: The Impossibility of Emile  Chapter Four: The Poeticization of Culture  Chapter Five: Politics of the ménage a trois  Chapter Six: Self-creation and the Eye of Power

Biography

Kenneth Wain is Professor of Education Studies in the Faculty of Education, University of Malta, Malta.