Title: Educational philosophy in the French enlightenment
Description: Natasha Gill offers the first comprehensive analysis of French educational thought before Rousseau. She situates Emile in the context of a pedagogical debate that had been under way for a century before its publication, reveals the importance of key transitional figures such as Etienne-Gabriel Morelly, and shows how French theorists came to see education as a vehicle through which individual liberation, social harmony and political unity could be achieved.
Subjects: Philosophy, History, Enlightenment, Education, Humanistic Education, Locke, john, 1632-1704, Education, france, Philosophy, french, Education, aims and objectives, Humanism
Places: France
Time periods: 17th century, 18th century