1st Edition

Liberty and Education A civic republican approach

By Geoffrey Hinchliffe Copyright 2015
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

This book takes the thinking of Quentin Skinner, Philip Pettit and J.G.A. Pocock on republican liberty and explores the way in which this idea of liberty can be used to illuminate educational practice. It argues that republican liberty is distinct from both positive and negative liberty, and its emphasis on liberty as non-dependency gives the concept of liberty a particularly critical role in... Read more

Introduction  Part 1: Liberty and Dependency  Republican Liberty and the Free State.  The Value of Liberty.  Liberty and Human Powers  Part 2: Liberty, Education and the Space of Reasons  An Epistemological Perspective on Knowledge, Learning and Education.  Second Nature, Liberty and Autonomy.  Liberty and Pedagogy.  Liberty and the Curriculum  Part 3: Liberty and Authority  Liberty and Educational Authority.  Liberty and Teacher Authority  Part 4: Liberty and Hegemony  Antonio Gramsci: Dependency, Resilience and Resistance.  Conclusion.

Biography

Geoffrey Hinchliffe is Director of Academic Practice in the Centre for Staff and Educational Development, and an Honorary Lecturer in Education at the University of East Anglia, UK.

'This is an important and engaging book that makes a significant contribution to the literature. Hinchliffe grounds his ideas on liberty and education using credible philosophical forebears and theoretical frameworks.'- Neil Hopkins, University of Bedfordshire, Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain