The Aesthetic and Moral Character of Oakeshott's Educational Writings
Oakeshott's Educational Writings
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11953199 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Corey (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 86-98 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Philosophy of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-8249 • E-ISSN: 1467-9752 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9752.2012.00874.x |
| OpenAlex | W1918288626 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This article is an investigation of two apparently contradictory impulses in Oakeshott’s writings about liberal education. On the one hand, he implied that it was primarily ‘aesthetic’, something undertaken for its own sake with no practical consequences. On the other hand, he often implied that a student might undergo a moral transformation in the process of becoming educated. This article attempts to reconcile both these ideas in Oakeshott’s thought, and to show that they are coherent within the German Bildung tradition
Aesthetics · Bildung · Character (mathematics · Epistemology · German · Linguistics · Moral character · Sociology · Education, Philosophy, and Society · Philosophy · Philosophy, History, and Historiography · Political Theory and Influence
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |