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" Happiness, hope, and despair : "
Peter Roberts.
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845602
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Roberts, Peter,1963-
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Happiness, hope, and despair : : rethinking the role of education /\ Peter Roberts.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Peter Lang,, [2016]
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, ©2016
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| Series Statement
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Complicated conversation: a book series of curriculum studies ;; vol. 43
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1 online resource (140 pages).
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1453917063
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1433120976
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1433120984
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9781433120978
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9781433120985
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Living on the edge: happiness, hope, and despair in education -- Education, faith and despair: wrestling with Kierkegaard -- Doubt, discomfort, and immortality: educational possibilities in the work of Miguel de Unamuno -- Attention, asceticism, and grace: Simone Weil and higher education -- Hope, despair, liberation: Paul Freire and educational struggle -- Educative suffering? Dostoevsky as teacher -- Pain, pleasure, and peacefulness: an educational journey -- Complicating the curriculum: happiness, despair, and education.
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In the Western world it is usually taken as given that we all want happiness, and our educational arrangements tacitly acknowledge this. Happiness, Hope, and Despair argues, however, that education has an important role to play in deepening our understanding of suffering and despair as well as happiness and joy. Education can be uncomfortable, unpredictable, and unsettling; it can lead to greater uncertainty and unhappiness. Drawing on the work of Søren Kierkegaard, Miguel de Unamuno, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Simone Weil, Paulo Freire, and others, Peter Roberts shows why these features of educational life need not be feared; to the contrary, they can be seen as a source of hope and human fulfilment. After years of negotiating an education system dominated by the language of competition, performance, and economic advancement, students and teachers often long for something different; they seek not just measurable success but also opportunities to ask searching questions of themselves and the world they encounter. Happiness, Hope, and Despair makes an important contribution toward meeting this need. It fosters a rethinking of the nature, purpose, and value of education, and opens up possibilities for further scholarly and professional inquiry.
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Affective education.
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Education-- Philosophy.
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Affective education.
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Bildungsideal
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EDUCATION-- Essays.
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EDUCATION-- Organizations Institutions.
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Education-- Philosophy.
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EDUCATION-- Reference.
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Erziehungsstil
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Erziehungsziel
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Gutes Leben
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Hoffnung
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Hoffnungslosigkeit
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Persönlichkeitsentwicklung
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| Dewey Classification
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370.15/34
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LB1072.R64 2016eb
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370sdnb
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