The authors attempt to outline a notion of high culture and its role within education, following a broad modern tradition springing from Matthew Arnold. The book is written with a concern for clarity and argument that is not always found within that tradition, and the authors reject the elitist conclusions of many who have followed the tradition, such as Eliot, Leavis, Bantock and Scruton.
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The authors attempt to outline a notion of high culture and its role within education, following a broad modern tradition springing from Matthew Arnold. The book is written with a concern for clarity and argument that is not always found within that tradition, and the authors reject the elitist conclusions of many who have followed the tradition, such as Eliot, Leavis, Bantock and Scruton.
The different chapters deal with Matthew Arnold as the founder of this tradition, questions of choice and conceptions of culture, the notion of 'the best' that has been thought and written, popular culture, 'high culture' and how not to think about it, and with cultural pluralism and the plurality of cultures. A distinctive theme of the book is the plotting of a path between subjective and objective approaches to culture, and the drawing of parallels between the philosophy of culture and the philosophy of science. The authors make clear what they take to be the implications of their argument for education, and for secondary schooling in particular.
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John Gingell is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at University College, Northampton.
Ed Brandon is Programme Co-ordinator at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados.
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In the course of this book we shall frequently appeal to what we call an Arnoldian filter, a principle we wish to urge for choosing much of what should form part of education in schools. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bob Dylan, Charlie Parker, Jane Austen, National Curriculum, Tower of Babel New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Culture and Anarchy (Rethinking the Western Tradition) by Matthew Arnold on 7 pages
- Culture and Anarchy by Matthew Arnold on 7 pages
- Popular Music by Richard Middleton on page 77, and Back Matter
- Matthew Arnold by Herbert W. Paul in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A Companion to Epistemology (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy) by Ernest Sosa on page 39, and Back Matter
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- Philosophy and Educational Policy: A Critical Introduction by John Gingell on page 34, and Back Matter
- Learning to Teach in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience (Learning to Teach Subjects in the Secondary School Series) by Susan Capel in Back Matter
- Education, Work and Social Capital: Towards a New Conception of Vocational Training (Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education) by Christopher Winch on page 178
- An Introduction to Philosophy of Education by Ronald Woods on page 173
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