Educational metamorphoses : philosophical reflections on identity and culture / Jane Roland Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Jane Roland, 1929-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Social aspects.

Education.

Identity (Psychology)--Social aspects.

Identity (Psychology).

Physical Description:

x, 171 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2007]

Summary:

A preeminent philosopher of education in the United States, Jane Roland Martin challenges conventional wisdom. Using case studies of personal transformations, or metamorphoses, Martin examines Malcolm X; G. B. Shaw's Eliza Doolittle; Victor, the Wild Boy of Aveyron; Minik the Inuit Child; and several others to demonstrate how substantial personal change can be and how vital education is as a fundamental determinant of the human condition. Martin's study reveals that each of us undergoes personal metamorphoses as a result of education, sometimes with a radically altered identity, and that each change constitutes a culture crossing which can be accompanied by feelings of guilt, accusations of betrayal, alienation, and a sense of loss.

Contents:

Rereading the Pygmalion myth

The journey from nature to culture

Life as a chronology of ichanges

Educational metamorphoses as culture crossings

Varieties of metamorphoses

Circulating the gift of education.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-160) and index.

ISBN:

0742546721

074254673X

OCLC:

70149307

Publisher Number:

9780742546721

9780742546738