Education for tragedy : essays in disenchanted hope for modern man /

Benne, Kenneth D. 1908-1992.

Education for tragedy : essays in disenchanted hope for modern man / Kenneth D. Benne. - Lexington : University of Kentucky Press, (c)1967. - 1 online resource (216 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Education for tragedy -- Education in the quest for identity -- Education in the quest for community -- The uses of fraternity -- Man and Moloch -- The re-education of persons in their human relationships -- From polarization to paradox -- The arts of democratic citizenship.

A distinguished educator and social critic here considers the demands put upon democratic and progressive policies in education, which remains, he believes, man's strongest hope for creating new bases for human values in an age of change and cultural crisis. The importance of human worth and individual advancement, within communities and varied age demographics, is analyzed.



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Educational anthropology.


Electronic Books.

LB45 / .E383 1967