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Aesthetics, Politics, Pedagogy and Tagore: A Transcultural Philosophy of Education
Ranjan Ghosh
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Description for Aesthetics, Politics, Pedagogy and Tagore: A Transcultural Philosophy of Education
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Education and Transculturalism. Num Pages: 214 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 426.
This book provides a radical rethinking of the prominent Indian thinker Rabindranath Tagore, exploring how his philosophy of education relates to the ideas of Western theorists such as Kant, Plato and Aristotle. Tagore's thoughts on pedagogy, university and formal education are subjected to a fascinating critique within Ghosh's transcultural framework, referencing a wide range of thinkers across varying time periods, places, and cultures, and developing a greater sensitivity to other traditions, languages, and forms of thinking and writing. The book changes the way we have so far thought about the educationist Tagore, and will be of interest to scholars and ... Read more
This book provides a radical rethinking of the prominent Indian thinker Rabindranath Tagore, exploring how his philosophy of education relates to the ideas of Western theorists such as Kant, Plato and Aristotle. Tagore's thoughts on pedagogy, university and formal education are subjected to a fascinating critique within Ghosh's transcultural framework, referencing a wide range of thinkers across varying time periods, places, and cultures, and developing a greater sensitivity to other traditions, languages, and forms of thinking and writing. The book changes the way we have so far thought about the educationist Tagore, and will be of interest to scholars and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Palgrave Studies in Education and Transculturalism
Condition
New
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137480255
SKU
V9781137480255
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About Ranjan Ghosh
Ranjan Ghosh teaches in the Department of English at the University of North Bengal, India. His academic interests include literature, the nature of knowledge across disciplines, and the philosophy of education. He is widely published and is author of Thinking Literature Across Continents and Transcultural Poetics and the Concept of the Poet.
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