Education, Democracy, and Public Knowledge

This book defends the role of public education against its critics and explores the implications of the traditional American belief in public education as a vehicle for extending democratic politics and the relationship between public knowledge, education, and democracy.

List of contents

Introduction -- Education, Democracy, and Public Knowledge: Toward a Socialist Theory of Education -- The Education of Henry Adams and the Transformation of the Bourgeois Public Sphere: A Case Study -- A Public Philosophy? Pragmatism and Public Knowledge -- Public Knowledge and the Paradox of Democratic Education -- Public Intellectuals and Public Knowledge -- Literacy for What? Critical Literacy and the Power of Public Knowledge -- Framing the Question of Freedom: Public Knowledge in Practice

Summary

This book defends the role of public education against its critics and explores the implications of the traditional American belief in public education as a vehicle for extending democratic politics and the relationship between public knowledge, education, and democracy.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth A. Kelly, Kelly Elizabeth A.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9780367154769
• ISBN: 978-0-367-15476-9
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Politics and government