Enlightenment Education for Progressive Human Interest : Personal Philosophical Investigations of the World and Its Social Acts / Neil Hooley, Oksana Razoumova.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hooley, Neil, author.

Razoumova, Oksana, author.

Series:

Education, Culture, and Society ; 10.

Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2026

Education, Culture, and Society ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture & Education.

Education.

Educational Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Personal Philosophical Investigations of the World and Its Social Acts

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Enlightenment Education for Progressive Human Interest draws upon key features of the European Enlightenment and Renaissance to support progressive institutionalised education in many countries around the world today. While these key features of intellectual awakening, of human reason, scientific experimentation, open-mindedness and civil liberties remain frustratingly incomplete for current generations of ordinary people, they also provide a framework for critiquing and changing conservative and dominant economic systems that restrict independent thought about the world and prospects for peaceful social advancement. They suggest an alternative to dogma, prejudice and injustice such that meaning, freedom and satisfaction may be possible through individual and community discussion and action.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Epistemology

Acknowledgements

Figures and Tables

Figures

Tables

About the Authors

1. Learning from Principles of Renaissance and Enlightenment

1 Rebirth of Inquiry

2 Opening the Door to Enlightenment

3 Concepts of Modern Science

4 Prospects for Human Reason

5 Wonders of Sunset

6 Authentic Case 1: Organising Learning Circles in School Mathematics

7 Personal Investigation 1

Bibliography

2. Confronting the Neoliberal Behemoth

1 Neoliberalism, an Overwhelming Ideology

2 Tension between Dialogue and Identity Politics

3 Market Forces and Mass Testing

4 Beyond the Neoliberal

5 Corruption

6 Authentic Case 2: Attempting to Support Indigenous Voice

7 Personal Investigation 2

3. Bridging the Philosophical Gap

1 Thinking about Philosophy

2 Pragmatism, of Knowing and Doing

3 Concerning Philosophy of Education

4 Tenderness

5 Authentic Case 3: Confusions of Time

6 Personal Investigation 3

4. Engaging the Physical and Metaphysical

1 Physics and Metaphysics

2 Consciousness, What It Means to Be

3 Knowledge Comprising Religion, Arts, Mathematics

4 Living Well, Philosophically

5 In Formation

6 Authentic Case 4: Entanglements of the Bush Rose

7 Personal Investigation 4

5. Praxis Knowledge for Changing Reality

1 Praxis throughout History

2 Praxis Inquiry

3 Philosophical Expectations

4 Authentic Case 5: Imagining the External

5 Personal Investigation 5

6. Praxis Learning for All Citizens

1 Education as Field Rather Than Discipline

2 Knowledge and Qualitative Research

3 Meaning of Qualitative: Two Examples

4 Praxis Inquiry: Education as Integrated Field of Qualitative Practice

5 Threshold of Truth.

6 Authentic Case 6: Thinking about the World

7 Personal Investigation 6

7. Praxis as Educational Field of Experience

1 Praxis and Social Justice Education

2 Integrating Theory and Practice

3 Practice, There Is Nothing Else

4 Connected Feelings

5 Authentic Case 7: Searching for Meaning

6 Personal Investigation 7

8. Perplexities of Contemporary Society

1 Embracing the Active Life

2 Meaningful/Less Existence with Artificial Intelligence

3 Trends of Mental Health, Well-Being and Social Media

4 Cultural Significance of Indigenous Peoples

5 Reason and Practice/Praxis/Participation

6 Nascent Truth

7 Authentic Case 8: Thinking Machines

8 Personal Investigation 8

9. Scaffolding Educational Virtue Ethics

1 Meaning of Virtue

2 Sketching an Outline of Educational Virtue Ethics

3 Living Philosophically, Virtuously

4 Love and Virtue

5 Authentic Case 9: Challenging 'Direct Instruction'

6 Personal Investigation 9

10. Approaching Truth, Freedom and Happiness

1 Pragmatism, Praxis Inquiry and Enlightenment

2 Thoughtful Practice Rather Than Happiness

3 Education and Other Challenges

4 Becoming Human, Describing the World

5 How We Think

6 Authentic Case 10: Poetry, Unconventional, Expressive

7 Personal Investigation 10

Glossary

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-75267-6

9789004752672

OCLC:

1564841397

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004752672 DOI