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Knowledge as value : illumination through critical prisms /
This book considers the place and value of knowledge in contemporary society. "Knowledge" is not a self-evident concept: both its denotations and connotations are historically situated. Since the Enlightenment, knowledge has been a matter of discovery through effort, and "knowledge fo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York, NY :
Rodopi,
2008.
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| Colección: | At the interface/probing the boundaries ;
v. 50. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book considers the place and value of knowledge in contemporary society. "Knowledge" is not a self-evident concept: both its denotations and connotations are historically situated. Since the Enlightenment, knowledge has been a matter of discovery through effort, and "knowledge for its own sake" a taken-for-granted ideal underwriting progressive education as a process which not only taught "for" and "about" something, but also ennobled the soul. While this ideal has not been explicitly rejected, in recent decades there has been a tacit move away from a strong emphasis on its centrality, ev |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 222 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781435666023 143566602X 9042024380 9789042024380 9789401206143 9401206147 |
| ISSN: | 1570-7113 ; |