Education and the Voice of Michael Oakeshott

by Kevin Williams

Overview

The work of Michael Oakeshott has retained a striking currency in philosophical discourse about education. This is hardly surprising in view of his influence on Paul Hirst and Richard Peters, two philosophers whose work had an enormous impact on educational thinking and practice in the English-speaking world. And, although much of the detail in educational debate may change, the fundamental underlying concerns regarding the conception of the person, the nature of knowledge and the moral life and their expression in educational institutions and activities remain subject of disagreement. In the light of this continuing interest and of Oakeshott's extensive writing on so many aspects of education, it is timely that a book be published on his thinking on the subject.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781845400552
Publisher:	Imprint Academic (Ips)
Publication date:	09/01/2007
Series:	British Idealist Studies, Series 1: Oakeshott , #8
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.71(w) x 9.14(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Together with editor Kevin Williams, Elizabeth Coblentz founded "The Amish Cook" newspaper column and later coauthored the column's namesake inaugural cookbook. Today, Lovina Eicher, Elizabeth's daughter, pens the column that continues to share Amish culture, tradition, and cooking with a nationally syndicated audience of more than 130 newspapers throughout the United States.

Editorial Reviews

"Williams has in this work given us an analytically rigorous and attractively packaged account of a philosopher of enormous interest to educational philosophers in particular and professional educationalists in general. It provides a model of philosophical clarity for others to follow and deserves wide readership."

Journal of Philosophy of Education, Vol. 42, No. 2 - David Carr