Society and Solitude

Originally published in 1922, this book discusses the interrelating roles of the individual, society and education in the formation of human experience.

E. T. Campagnac (Author)

9781107585911, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 November 2015

240 pages
18 x 13 x 1.5 cm, 0.25 kg

Originally published in 1922, this book presents a discussion regarding the interrelating roles of the individual, society and education in the formation of human experience. The relationship is seen as one in which a person's 'life is not limited by the satisfaction of his individual needs or the fulfilment of his personal desires, but is itself part of a life at once higher and wider, to the level of which it is raised, in the amplitude of which it is merged, the common life, that is to say, of his society'. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in anthropology and the history of education.

Preface
1. The eternal society
2. Education - the making of society and its members
3. Agents and processes
4. Nature and discipline
5. Conversation with the world
6. Life and language
7. Subjects of discourse
8. Science and sciences
9. Work and play
10. Originality and convention
11. Ourselves and our neighbours
12. Unity and difference
13. Artists and men
14. The teacher's art
15. Imprisonment and freedom
16. Silence, meditation and pain.

Subject Areas: Social theory [JHBA]