The idea of education as therapy goes back to ancient times. Today, it is understood that the role of the teacher comprises aspects of therapy directed towards the child. But to what extent should this relationship be developed, and what are its concomitant responsibilities? This book offers a challenging philosophical approach to these issues. INDICE: Acknowledgements - Introduction - PART I: THE KINDLY APOCALYPSE - Self-Esteem: The Inward Turn - Diffidence, Confidence and Self-belief - What Can be Said, What Can be Shown - Reading Narrative - Learning to Change - PART II: COMING TO TERMS - Practising Dying - Room for Thought - The Thoreau Strategy - A State of Abstraction: Knowledge and Contingency - Unfinished Business: Education Without Necessity - PART III: REDEEMING PHILOSOPHY, REDEEMING THERAPY - Beyond Cure - Narrative and Number: What Really Counts - Learning from Psychoanalysis - Enlarging the Enigma - Expectation of Return - Notes - References - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-24709-3
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 12/02/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés