1st Edition

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

By David Sullivan Copyright 2020
172 Pages
by Routledge

172 Pages
by Routledge

172 Pages
by Routledge

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 . The book discusses the relationship Rousseau and Plato posited between education and society,... Read more

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter One: Populism, Education and Challenges to Liberal Order

Chapter Two:  Plato: Two Philosophies of Education?

Chapter Three: John Locke: A Liberal Philosophy of Education

Chapter Four: Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Education, Emile and Remaking Society

Chapter Five: John Stuart Mill: Education and Liberty

Chapter Six:  Education in Democratic Societies

Bibliography

Index

Biography

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.