Beyond Alienation; A Philosophy of Education for the Crisis of Democracy

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Author(s): Ernest Becker
Edition: First
Publisher: George Braziller, Inc.
Year: 1967

Language: English
Pages: 305
City: New York

Cover
Preface
Contents
Part One: The Problem
Chapter One: The Problem of the Unity of Knowledge in the Modern World
Chapter Two: The Conservatives
Chapter Three: The Progressives
Chapter Four: The Central Problem Clarified
Part Two: The Solution
Chapter Five: Alienation: A Spirit in Search of Substance
Chapter Six: The Scientific Dimension: The Solution to the Riddle of Human Nature (Psychology and Sociology)
Chapter Seven: The Scientific Dimension (Psychiatry)
Chapter Eight: Toward the Theological Dimension
Chapter Nine: The Theological Dimension
Chapter Ten: A Theory of Alienation as a Philosophy of Education
Part Three: Conclusion: The Special Problem of the Curriculum
Chapter Eleven: The Orientation
Chapter Twelve: The General Body of Knowledge
Chapter Thirteen: The Place of the Curriculum in the University
Epilogue
References
Index