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Liberal Education and Its Discontents: The Crisis in the Indian University

Liberal Education and Its Discontents: The Crisis in the Indian University

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General EducationGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1138213594
ISBN13: 9781138213593
Publisher: Routledge India
Published: Aug 7 2018
Pages: 246
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.60
Language: English

What explains the peculiar trajectory of the university and liberal education in India? Can we understand the crisis in the university in terms of the idea of education underlying it?

This book explores these vital questions and traces the intellectual history of the idea of education and the cluster of concepts associated with it. It probes into the cultural roots of liberal education and seeks to understand its scope, effects and limits when transplanted into the Indian context. With an extensive analysis of the philosophical writing on the idea of university and education in the West and colonial documents on education in India, the book reconstructs the ideas of Gandhi and Tagore on education and learning as a radical alternative to the inherited, European model. The author further reflects upon how we can successfully deepen liberal education in India as well as construct alternative models that will help us diversify higher learning for future generations.

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