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Description for On Education
Hardcover. * This is an engaging new book from one of the most influential and widely read sociologists in the world today. * Bauman, in conversation with Riccardo Mazzeo, reflects on nature and role of education and on the predicament of young people in our contemporary, liquid-modern world. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 310.
What is the role of education in a world where we no longer have a clear vision of the future and where the idea of a single, universal model of humanity seems like the residue of a bygone age? What role should educators play in a world where young people find themselves faced with deep uncertainty about their future, where the prospects of securing a stable, long-term career seem increasingly remote and where intensified population movements have created more diverse communities in which different cultures find themselves living side by side, no longer bound together by the belief that the ... Read more
What is the role of education in a world where we no longer have a clear vision of the future and where the idea of a single, universal model of humanity seems like the residue of a bygone age? What role should educators play in a world where young people find themselves faced with deep uncertainty about their future, where the prospects of securing a stable, long-term career seem increasingly remote and where intensified population movements have created more diverse communities in which different cultures find themselves living side by side, no longer bound together by the belief that the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
Number of Pages
100
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745661551
SKU
V9780745661551
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-15
About Zygmunt Bauman
Zygmunt Bauman (1925-2017) was Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Leeds Riccardo Mazzeo is editor at the Italian publisher Edizioni Erickson
Reviews for On Education
"Bauman's knack for placing things in context and accounting for that uneasy feeling you get from this or that current development makes [On Education] stimulating." Inside Higher Ed "When graduates can't find jobs, the bargain of commercialised education – take out enormous student loans that will be repaid by your supposedly high salary later on ... Read more