Liberal education used to command wide political support. Radicals disagreed with conservatives on whether the best culture could be appreciated by everyone, and they disagreed, too, on whether the barriers to understanding it were mainly social and economic, but there was no dispute that any worthwhile education ought to hand on the best that has been thought and said. That consensus has vanished since the 1960s. The book examines why social radicals supported liberal education, why they have moved away from it, and what the implications are for the future of an intellectually stimulating and culturally literate education.
| ISBN: | 9781845407520 |
| Publication date: | 15th August 2015 |
| Author: | Lindsay Paterson |
| Publisher: | Imprint Academic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 310 pages |
| Series: | St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs |
| Genres: |
Social and political philosophy Philosophy and theory of education Educational strategies and policy |