Moral and Political Discourses in Philosophy of Education

This book focuses on moral and political education and critically engages with educational issues from a philosophical perspective. It engages with questions of moral education as well as questions about citizenship education, to address apprehensions on learning in a liberal democracy while parallelly invoking issues from within the curriculum, the school environment and teacher-student relationship.

With contributions from renowned philosophers and educationists, this volume discusses themes like civic education and liberal democracy; toleration and freedom; Tagore’s conception of the moral and political self; key issues in moral education; cosmopolitanism, compassion, care ethics and moral purpose of schooling; to revisit and rethink some foundational questions related to education, curriculum and pedagogy.

This volume will be essential reading for educationists and educators and will be important for scholars and researchers of philosophy of education, education, teacher education and school education.

Prakash Iyer is Assistant Professor, Philosophy of Education at Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India. His research interests are in moral and political philosophy, particularly the implications of conflicts between political theories on political education.

Indrani Bhattacharjee is Assistant Professor, Philosophy of Education at Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India. She is working on a book on the philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore, circa 1908-1916.