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Languages of Education: Protestant Legacies, National Identities, and Global Aspirations book cover

1st Edition

Languages of Education Protestant Legacies, National Identities, and Global Aspirations

By Daniel Tröhler Copyright 2011
276 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

276 Pages
by Routledge
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In this landmark contribution to the study of the formation of the modern school, Daniel Tröhler applies one of the most recognized methods of historical research to an analysis of the "language" of the academic discipline of education. Arguing the value of looking at languages rather than arguments-- langues rather than paroles --this method of historical research is used to examine the... Read more

Table of Contents:

A: Introduction: Languages and History of Education

1. Languages as Contexts of Education

2. Philosophical Arguments, Historical Contexts, and Theory of Education

3. Perceptions as Performances, National Semantics, and Transnational Languages, or: Visions of Influence and Practices of Reception

B: Protestantism and Education

4. The 'Kingdom of God on Earth' and Early Chicago Pragmatism

5. Langue as Homeland: The Genevan of Reception of Pragmatism

6. Max Weber and the Protestant Ethic in America

7. The Discourse of German Geisteswissenschaftliche Pädagogik

C. Republicanism and Education

8. History and Language of Education. The German Tradition and the Tradition of Swiss/American Republicanism

9. The Establishment of the Standard History of Philosophy of Education and Suppressed Traditions of Education

10. Republicanism as language of Communiatrianism

Biography

Daniel Tröhler is Professor in Educational Sciences and Director of the Research Unit for socio-cultural research on learning and development at the University o Luxembourg.

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