
Robert Owen
Bloomsbury Academic (Publisher)
Published on 23. October 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-4725-1893-4 (ISBN)
Description
This text offers a major reassessment of the life and thought of the distinguished 19th century industrial philanthropist and educational reformer, Robert Owen. In a period when Owen's radical new visions for learning and teaching, adult and vocational pedagogy and social transformation are receiving fresh and global attention, Robert Davis and Frank O'Hagan place Owen's thought right at the heart of the Enlightenment advocacy of popular, democratic mass education. Tracing both the ancestry and the legacy of Owen's reforming spirit, they also offer a critical appraisal of the relevance of his ideas for the development of education at all levels and stages in the challenging contexts of international 21st century education.
Reviews / Votes
Robert Owen provides a penetrating and compelling account of the influence and relevance of Owen today, an 'ambivalent legacy' as Davis and O'Hagan argue, balanced between a new world utopianism and Scottish Enlightenment rationality. This is an excellent, thought-provoking and exciting introduction to the education thought of Robert Owen, one of the most remarkable reformers of the industrial age and one of its most impassioned educational thinkers. -- Michael A. Peters, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
400 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-1893-4 (9781472518934)
DOI
CBID179848
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Robert Owen
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Persons
Robert A. Davis is Professor of Religious and Cultural Education and Head of School of Education in the University of Glasgow, UK. He has taught and written widely on the history of education and the cultural understanding of childhood.
Frank O'Hagan recently retired as Lecturer in History in the School of Education in the University of Glasgow, UK. Alongside his continuing academic interests, he is also a successful composer and musician.
Frank O'Hagan recently retired as Lecturer in History in the School of Education in the University of Glasgow, UK. Alongside his continuing academic interests, he is also a successful composer and musician.
Author
University of Glasgow, UK
Series Editor
Content
Series Editor's Preface
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Intellectual Biography
1. Robert Owen: Industrialist and Reformer
Part II: Critical Exposition of Owen's Work
2. Key Principles of Owen's Educational Thought and Practice
3. Education, Work and Community
4. The Education of Citizens in the Just Society
Part III: The Influence and Relevance of Owen's Work Today
5. The Ambivalent Legacy of Robert Owen: Utopianism and Rationality
6. Education, World Heritage and Social Change: New Lanark as an Educational Experience
Bibliography
Index
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Intellectual Biography
1. Robert Owen: Industrialist and Reformer
Part II: Critical Exposition of Owen's Work
2. Key Principles of Owen's Educational Thought and Practice
3. Education, Work and Community
4. The Education of Citizens in the Just Society
Part III: The Influence and Relevance of Owen's Work Today
5. The Ambivalent Legacy of Robert Owen: Utopianism and Rationality
6. Education, World Heritage and Social Change: New Lanark as an Educational Experience
Bibliography
Index