book cover Wheels in the Head: Educational Philosophies of Authority, Freedom, and Culture From Socrates to Human Rights, 2/e

This book analyzes the ideas of traditional and non-traditional philosophers from Socrates to Paulo Freire regarding the contribution of education to the creation of a democratic society. Each section is organized around an important theme.

ISBN #0-07-014423-0
Available August 1st!

Table of Contents
PART I: AUTOCRATIC AND DEMOCRATIC FORMS OF EDUCATION
    CHAPTER 1: Education and the Authoritarian State
    CHAPTER 2: Educational Problems in a Democratic State
PART II: DISSENTING TRADITIONS IN EDUCATION
    CHAPTER 3: Dissenting Traditions to Government Education
    CHAPTER 4: Free School
    CHAPTER 5: Free Space and No School
PART III: THE POLITICS OF CULTURE
    CHAPTER 6: Cultural Unity and Cultural Literacy
    CHAPTER 7: National or World Cultures?
    CHAPTER 8: Reason and Motherhood
PART IV: THE POLITICS OF GENDER
    CHAPTER 9: Classical Liberalism and the Politics of Gender
PART V: EDUCATION AND EQUALITY OF POLITICAL POWER
    CHAPTER 10: Pedagogy of the Oppressed
    CHAPTER 11: Equality of Political Power in a Global Economy

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