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Education, Democracy and the Moral Life

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Editors:
  1. Michael S. Katz

    1. San Jose State University, San Jose, USA

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  2. Susan Verducci

    1. San Jose State University, San Jose, USA

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  3. Gert Biesta

    1. Institute of Education, University of Stirling, Stirling

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  • Focuses on the interactions between education, democracy and the moral life
  • Engages with the role of moral education and moral issues more generally in democratic education
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Susan Verducci
    Pages 1-8

  3. Education and the Ethics of Democratic Citizenship

    • Ronald David Glass
    Pages 9-30

  4. Is There a Right to Education? A Philosophical Analysis Through U.S. Lenses

    • Michael S. Katz
    Pages 31-45

  5. The Democratic and Educational Potential of Political Blogs

    • Nicholas C. Burbules
    Pages 47-57

  6. Democratic Patriotism and Multicultural Education

    • Eammon Callan
    Pages 59-69

  7. Racism: What It Is and What It Isn’t

    • Lawrence Blum
    Pages 71-84

  8. For Goodness Sake: How Religious Stories Work To Make Us Good and the Goodness that They Make

    • Walter Feinberg
    Pages 85-100

  9. Sporadic Democracy: Education, Democracy, and the Question of Inclusion

    • Gert Biesta
    Pages 101-112

  10. Public Reason and the Education of Democratic Citizens: The Role of Higher Education

    • Emily Robertson
    Pages 113-126

  11. Love and Hatred in the Moral Life: Educational Investigations

    • Ann Diller
    Pages 127-139

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 141-145
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About this book

This volume has its origin in the Francis T. Villemain Memorial lectures at San Jose State University – a lecture series established in 1992 to honor the memory of 1 Dean Francis T. Villemain. All the essays in this volume, with the exception of those by Gert Biesta, Susan Verducci, and Michael Katz, were developed from l- tures given as part of the series. The general rubric of the lectures was “democracy, education, and the moral life” – a title reflecting Villemain’s lifelong love of the work of John Dewey whose preface to his famous work in 1916, Democracy and Education, suggested that the purpose of education was to develop democratic ci- zens, citizens infused with the spirit of democracy and the capacity to think and act intelligently within democratic settings. Of course, for Dewey, democracy was not to be conceived of as merely a political form of government, but as a shared form of social life, one that was inclusive rather than exclusive and one that was capable of adapting to the changing features of contemporary social and political reality. Francis T. Villemain’s appreciation for the intersections of the values of dem- racy, education, and the moral life was heightened by his doctoral work at Teachers College, Columbia University in the 1950s – where Dewey’s legacy remained a powerful one. But it also continued during his career at Southern Illinois University where he collaborated in compiling and editing the collected works of John Dewey.

Editors and Affiliations

  • San Jose State University, San Jose, USA

    Michael S. Katz, Susan Verducci

  • Institute of Education, University of Stirling, Stirling

    Gert Biesta

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