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The Dialectic of Freedom

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Description for The Dialectic of Freedom Paperback. In this work, the author searches for a critical aesthetic to inform education. It features in the "John Dewey Lecture Series". Series: John Dewey Lecture S. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 245.

Special 2018 Edition

From the new Introduction by Michelle Fine, Graduate Center, CUNY :

"Why now, you may ask, should I return to a book written in 1988? Because, in Maxine's words: 'When freedom is the question, it is always time to begin.'"

In The Dialectic of Freedom, Maxine Greene argues that freedom must be achieved through continuing resistance to the forces that limit, condition, determine, and—too frequently—oppress.

Examining the interrelationship between freedom, possibility, and imagination in American education, Greene taps the fields of philosophy, history, educational theory, and literature in order to discuss the many struggles that have ... Read more

Greene presents a unique overview of American concepts and images of freedom from Jefferson’s time to the present. She examines the ways in which the disenfranchised have historically understood and acted on their freedom—or lack of it—in dealing with perceived and real obstacles to expression and empowerment. Strong emphasis is placed on the focal role of the arts and art experience in releasing human imagination and enabling the young to reach toward their vision of the possible.

The author concludes with suggestions for approaches to teaching and learning that can provoke both educators and students to take initiatives, to transcend limits, and to pursue freedom—not in solitude, but in reciprocity with others, not in privacy, but in a public space.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Teachers´ College Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Series
John Dewey Lecture S.
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807728970
SKU
V9780807728970
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About Maxine Greene
Maxine Greene (1917–2014) was the William F. Russell Professor in the Foundations of Education (emerita) and professor of philosophy and education (emerita), and the founder and director of the Center for Social Imagination, the Arts and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Reviews for The Dialectic of Freedom
“Greene triumphs in her search for a critical aesthetic to inform education.” —Harvard Educational Review “It is a book that deserves to be read by all who teach.” —Journal of Aesthetic Education “This beautifully written book shows us a tough progressive at work.” —Teacher Magazine

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