Education for tragedy : essays in disenchanted hope for modern man / Kenneth D. Benne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benne, Kenneth D. (Kenneth Dean), 1908-1992, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, [Kentucky] : University of Kentucky Press, 1967.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P>A distinguished educator and social critic here considers the demands put upon democratic and progressive policies in education, which remains, he believes, man's strongest hope for creating new bases for human values in an age of change and cultural crisis. The importance of human worth and individual advancement, within communities and varied age demographics, is analyzed.</P>

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Education for Tragedy; Education in the Quest for Identity; Education in the Quest for Community; The Uses of Fraternity; Man and Moloch; The Re-education of Persons in Their Human Relationships; From Polarization to Paradox; The Arts of Democratic Citizenship; Notes; Acknowledgments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 197-202)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813162089

0813162084

OCLC:

933516060