The Gleam of Light Moral Perfectionism and Education in Dewey and Emerson

In the name of efficiency, the practice of education has come to be dominated by neoliberal ideology andprocedures of standardization and quantification. Such attempts to make all aspects of practice transparent and subject to systematic accounting lack sensitivity to the invisible and the silent, t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Saito, Naoko, author (author)
Autor Corporativo: National Endowment for the Humanities/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program funder (funder)
Otros Autores: Cavell, Stanley (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Fordham University Press [2019]
Edición:First edition
Colección:American philosophy series ; Number 16.
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Sumario:In the name of efficiency, the practice of education has come to be dominated by neoliberal ideology andprocedures of standardization and quantification. Such attempts to make all aspects of practice transparent and subject to systematic accounting lack sensitivity to the invisible and the silent, to something in the humancondition that cannot readily be expressed in an either-or form. Seeking alternatives to such trends, Saito readsDewey’s idea of progressive education through the lens of Emersonian moral perfectionism (to borrow a term coined by Stanley Cavell). She elucidates a spiritual and aesthetic dimension to Dewey’s notion of growth, one considerably richer than what Dewey alone presents in his typically scientific terminology.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 210 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780823285259