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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255115503321

Autore

Koerrenz Ralf

Titolo

Existentialism and Education : An Introduction to Otto Friedrich Bollnow / / by Ralf Koerrenz ; edited by Norm Friesen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-48637-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVII, 115 p.)

Disciplina

370.1

Soggetti

Education—Philosophy

Philosophy and social sciences

Existentialism

Educational Philosophy

Philosophy of Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. “What can we say with any certainty about human beings?” -- 2. From “Uncertainty” to “Deeper Understanding” -- 3. Between Lebensphilosophie and Existential Philosophy -- 4. Rationality of the Irrational -- 5. Educational Reality -- 6. Conclusions: Criticisms and Connections. .

Sommario/riassunto

This volume examines Otto Friedrich Bollnow’s philosophical approach to education, which brought Heidegger’s existentialism together with other theories of what it is to be “human.” This introduction to Bollnow's work begins with a summary of the theoretical influences that Bollnow synthesized, and goes on to outline his highly original account of experiential “educational reality”--namely, as a reality alternately “harmonious” or “broken,” but fundamentally “guided.” This book will be of value to scholars and students of education and philosophy, especially those interested in bringing larger existential questions into connection with everyday educational engagement.