Education in an Age of Nihilism: Education and Moral Standards Contributor(s): Blake, Nigel (Author), Smeyers, Paul (Author), Smith, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0750710160 ISBN-13: 9780750710169 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $190.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: This timely book addresses concerns about educational and moral standards in a world characterised by a growing nihilism. |
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BISAC Categories: - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
Dewey: 370.1 |
LCCN: 00056031 |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.99 lbs) 260 pages |
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Publisher Description: This book addresses concerns about educational and moral standards in a world increasingly characterised by nihilism. On the one hand there is widespread anxiety that standards are falling; on the other, new machinery of accountability and inspection to show that they are not. The authors in this book state that we cannot avoid nihilism if we are simply laissez-faire about values, neither can we reduce them to standards of performance, nor must we return to traditional values. They state that we need to create a new set of values based on a critical assessment of contemporary practice in the light of a number of philosophical texts that address the question of nihilism, including the work of Nietzsche. |