Kant's Conception of Pedagogy: Toward Education for Freedom

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments xi List of Abbreviations xiii Introduction xv Part 1. Historic and Philosophic Context: Eighteenth-Century Conceptions of Education, Enlightenment, and Human SelfUnderstanding 1 The Eighteenth Century as a Pedagogical Age 5 2 Texts and Movements: Consequences of Human Self-Understanding for Conceptions of Education 82 Part 2. Attempt at a Pedagogical Instauration 3 Kant’s Idea of Education 187 4 Formal Transcendental Principles for Education for Inner Freedom: Condition for and Critical Counterpart to External Freedom 233 5 Toward Material Principles Fulfilling Formal Conditions for Education for Freedom: Philosophy as Paideia and the Liberal Arts 294 Epilogue: Relevance for Today 376 Bibliography 385 Index 421 ...