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Education, Utopia and the Limits of Enlightenment

Author(s) -

Robert A. Davis

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

policy futures in education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574

H-Index - 16

ISSN - 1478-2103

DOI - 10.2304/pfie.2003.1.3.8

Subject(s) - enlightenment , utopia , modernity , faith , theme (computing) , sociology , late modernity , environmental ethics , philosophy , epistemology , social science , law , political science , computer science , operating system

In many recent explanations of the rise of modernity, Scotland has been cited as an illustration of the relationship between the growth of mass education and the influence of the Enlightenment faith in reason and progress. This article questions the prevailing account of the advance of education in Scotland by highlighting the impact upon it of utopian concepts of education and society from which Scottish Enlightenment thought recoiled. Originating in the radical theology of the Scottish Reformation, the utopian theme in Scottish culture has been a constant source of renewal and reproach, testing the limits of Enlightenment consensus and positing compelling alternatives to dominant educational practice.

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