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The Eclipse of Reason: Reclaiming Western Education for Today. Routledge Research in Education
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Wilfred Carr – Routledge Research in Education, 2025
This concise, digestible book shows how the cultivation of reason became the defining aim of western education, and critiques how this aim has been eclipsed in recent decades by the neoliberal system of mass schooling imposed by the state. Chapters outline succinctly the history of western education and its origins in Ancient Greece, demonstrating…
Descriptors: Western Civilization, Educational Practices, Abstract Reasoning, Educational History