Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education
About the Book Series
The philosophy of education is enjoying a resurgence of interest internationally, in line with the growing attention worldwide to education's seminal importance in shaping societies, economies and people's lives. This series brings together some of the leading experts from around the world, and provides an outlet for the very latest cutting-edge research.
Please send inquiries or proposals for this series to one of the following:
Manon Berset: [email protected] – Editor, UK, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Kirsty Murray: [email protected] – Editor, North & South America
Kanishka Jangir: [email protected] – Editor, Australia, New Zealand & Asia
Desire, Education and Teaching: A Lacanian Perspective
1st Edition
By Håvard Åsvoll
June 19, 2025
Exploring the implications of a novel theory of educational desire on the prevailing modes of educational research and theory, this book contextualises the realm of education studies through the challenging philosophies and theories of Lacan, thereby providing a genuinely alternative approach to ...
Agential Schooling: A Posthumanist Exploration of Schools, Classrooms, and Youth Participatory Action Research with Diverse Students
1st Edition
By Thomas Albright
June 12, 2025
Winner of the 2026 Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book award, this book examines how schooling—the restrictive, oppressive, and disciplinary force in much U.S. education—is protean and has the agency to change in response to challenges. Posthumanist theories were engaged with to ...
Lyotard: Just Education
1st Edition
Edited
By Pradeep Dhillon, Paul Standish
January 30, 2025
Following Lyotard's death in 1998, this book provides an exploration of the recurrent theme of education in his work. It brings to a wider audience the significance of a body of thought about education that is subtle, profound and still largely unexplored. This book also makes an important ...
Discursive Thinking Through of Education: Learning from Those Who Transform the Universe
1st Edition
By Oleg Bazaluk
December 19, 2024
This book is a contribution to the philosophical discourse on education. Education is considered a tool of philosophy. Education (paideia) and politics (politeia) are equal in importance for building a sustainable society free from feud and unhappiness. Discursive thinking through of education is ...
Philosophy of Education in Dialogue between East and West: Japanese Insights and Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Masamichi Ueno
November 29, 2024
This edited book opens a dialogue on theories and philosophies of education between the East and the West in the era of globalisation. A great deal of research has been devoted to discussion of the ideas of Western theorists such as Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Fröbel, Herbert, Dewey, ...
Higher Education in Liquid Modernity
1st Edition
By Marvin Oxenham
October 14, 2024
Based in sociologist Zygmunt Bauman’s theory of liquid modernity, this volume describes and critiques key aspects and practices of liquid education--education as market-driven consumption, short life span of useful knowledge, overabundance of information--through a systematic comparison ...
Justice, Education, and the World of Today: Philosophical Investigations
1st Edition
Edited
By Inga Bostad, Marianna Papastephanou, Torill Strand
October 04, 2024
This edited book challenges the limits of current educational philosophical discourse and argues for a restored normativisation of education through a powerful notion of justice. Moving beyond conventional paradigms of how justice and education relate, the book rethinks the promotion of justice in,...
Educating Character Through the Arts
1st Edition
Edited
By Laura D'Olimpio, Panos Paris, Aidan P. Thompson
May 27, 2024
This volume investigates the role of the arts in character education. Bringing together insights from esteemed philosophers and educationalists, it looks to the arts for insight into human character and explores the arts’ relationship to human flourishing and the development of the virtues. ...
Education in an Age of Lies and Fake News: Regaining a Love of Truth
1st Edition
Edited
By Jānis (John) Tālivaldis Ozoliņš
January 29, 2024
The ‘post-truth’ world in which we live has been beset by fake news, lies and a cavalier disregard for truth. If truth is neglected then an alternative is an appeal to the emotions in order to validate a particular position, which can quickly turn to the use of power to impose a particular view. ...
Rethinking the Politics of Education
1st Edition
By Nick Peim
January 29, 2024
Rethinking the Politics of Education provides an entirely original rethinking of the modern and contemporary mythology of education. Problematizing the ideas concerning education as fulfilment and redemption, the book critically reviews the association of education with projects of social justice, ...
Teaching Democracy in an Age of Uncertainty: Place-Responsive Learning
1st Edition
By Gilbert Burgh, Simone Thornton
January 29, 2024
The strength of democracy lies in its ability to self-correct, to solve problems and adapt to new challenges. However, increased volatility, resulting from multiple crises on multiple fronts – humanitarian, financial, and environmental – is testing this ability. By offering a new framework for ...
The Body, Embodiment, and Education: An Interdisciplinary Approach
1st Edition
Edited
By Steven A. Stolz
January 29, 2024
Notions of the body and embodiment have become prominent across a number of established discipline areas, like philosophy, sociology, and psychology. While there has been a paradigmatic shift towards this topic, there is a notable gap in the literature as it relates to education and educational ...