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Rethinking education

Bildung, civil society and the search for solidarity

Mark Murphy
people holding shoulders sitting on wall

Mark Murphy University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland   Abstract The focus of the paper is on the relation between education and solidarity and the possible futures that this might entail. A concern over solidarity has been a constant in different forms over the history of western education systems – these forms have encompassed a focus […]

Full Citation Information:
Murphy, M. (2024). Rethinking education: Bildung, civil society and the search for solidarity. ACCESS: Contemporary Issues in Education, 44(2), 49-59. https://doi.org/10.46786/ac24.4962
Article Feature Image Acknowledgement: Photo by Duy Pham on Unsplash
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Rorty, Trust and Education

Bruce Haynes
Rorty in Barcelona

Richard Rorty, in the papers presented in Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth (1991), set out some objections to the dominant Anglo-American philosophical focus on objectivity, transcendence and truth, and the supposed alternatives, relativism and scepticism. He lauded a general Franco-German trend away from a realist position but saw as problematic some after-effects of embracing Marxism by […]

Bruce Haynes

Bruce Haynes, FPESA, FPE, is retired after 34 years in teacher education and 50 years of PESA membership. He is founding member, a past president and fellow of PESA, and been always been active member. PESA honours him and Felicity by holding a named lecture at conference. His 2009 papers, in the Educational Philosophy and Theory special issue, Celebration of PESA 40 years, include Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia: The official record, and PESA and I: A long engagement, tell us a lot more about his contribution to PESA.