Educations and Their Purposes: A Conversation Among Cultures

Convinced that the word "education" now needs a plural form, the contributors of these 26 articles take on the idea that education is the primary point of departure for the cultivation of human culture. Taking a multicultural perspective, they address the roles of relationality and diversity in education, with a contribution by Richard Rorty on the hybridization of culture, education and affectivity in such topics as the education of emotion and critical thinking in relational ethics, education and somaticity in such considerations as the Confucian body, creativity and habilitation in such areas as constructing identities and encountering self-realization, education and otherness as expressed in such ways as oral tradition and trans-ethical life, and the role of education in the aesthetics of moral cultivation, as in musical education for peace and the Xunzi and the role of aesthetic experience in moral cultivation. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)