To rise to the challenges of postmodern culture, Carlson argues, progressives will need to leave the safe harbors of what is familiar and comfortable. A new progressivism can only be forged of a fundamental re-thinking and re-mythologizing of democratic education. Drawing upon cultural studies perspectives, Carlson interrogates philosophy through popular culture for mythologies that might guide such a progressivism. Carlson uses Platonic, Hegelian, Nitzschean, and Heideggerian "mythologies" to elaborate a progressive model that provides powerful ways of "thinking" democratic education and public life.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
0415933765
ISBN-13
9780415933766
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2267939
Product Key Features
Author
Dennis Carlson
Publication Name
Leaving Safe Harbors : Toward a New Progressivism in American Education and Public Life
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
228 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
16.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Lb14.7.C364 2002
Table of Content
Preface1. Introduction2. Lighting Up the Cave: Progressivism and the Ghost of Plato3. Recognizing Ourselves: Hegel and the Master/Slave Struggle in Education4. Zarathustra's Education: Nietzsche and Postmodern Progressivism5. A Cyborg's Education: Heidegger and Eco-Progressivism6. Leaving Safe Harbors Notes Index
Copyright Date
2003
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Experimental Methods, General, History, Aims & Objectives, Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects