Democracy and Education (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781546468158)

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. 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: 1546468153
ISBN-13: 9781546468158
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/03/2017
Pages: 220
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.46d