Democracy and Education (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781511527972)

Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education is a 1916 book by John Dewey. Dewey sought to at once synthesize, criticize, and expand upon the democratic (or proto-democratic) educational philosophies of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Plato. citation needed] He saw Rousseau's philosophy as overemphasizing the individual and Plato's philosophy as overemphasizing the society in which the individual lived.

Author: John Dewey
ISBN-10: 1511527978
ISBN-13: 9781511527972
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 04/10/2015
Pages: 340
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.71d