Stanley Cavell and Education: Voice, Seriousness and Drama

This book explores the themes of seriousness and human voice in education, drawing on the work of the American philosopher Stanley Cavell.

Cavell's views on culture, the arts, politics, morality, judgement, vulnerability, and the need for people to find something they can be sincere and serious in, are discussed in relation to education. The book represents a reappraisal of seriousness in education, art and philosophy, getting to the heart of what matters in education beyond ideology. Drawi...