1st Edition

Education and the Social Order

By Bertrand Russell Copyright 1932
160 Pages
by Routledge

158 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

Despite the disastrous failure of his one practical attempt to create a perfect school, Russell constantly strove to invent a system of education free from repression. Here Russell dissects the motives behind much educational theory and practice - and attacks the influence of chauvanism, snobbery and money. Energetically discussed and debated are discipline, natural ability, competition, class... Read more
Chapter 1 The Individual versus the Citizen; Chapter 2 The Negative Theory of Education; Chapter 3 Education and Heredity; Chapter 4 Emotion and Discipline; Chapter 5 Home versus School; Chapter 6 Aristocrats, Democrats, and Bureaucrats; Chapter 7 The Herd in Education; Chapter 8 Religion in Education; Chapter 9 Sex in Education; Chapter 10 Patriotism in Education; Chapter 11 Class-feeling in Education; Chapter 12 Competition in Education; Chapter 13 Education under Communism; Chapter 14 Education and Economics; Chapter 15 Propaganda in Education; Chapter 16 The Reconciliation of Individuality and Citizenship;

Biography

Bertrand Russell