CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS VII
3. PREFACE IX
4. CONTENTS XV
5. Part One: THE NATURE OF EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY
6. Chapter One. THE CALL FOR PHILOSOPHY IN EDUCATION 3
7. Chapter Two. A RETURN TO METAPHYSICS ? 15
8. Chapter Three. IS PHILOSOPHY MERELY A HYPOTHESIS ? 29
9. Chapter Four. THE IDEAL WITHIN THE REAL AS A BASIS FOR RECONSTRUCTION 44
10. Part Two DEMOCRACY AS A SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY
11. Chapter Five. THE ETHICAL ROOT OF DEMOCRACY IN THE RELIGIOUS TRADITION 57
12. Chapter Six. STEPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL DEMOCRACY 73
13. Chapter Seven. ESSENTIALS OF POLITICAL DEMOCRACY TODAY 90
14. Chapter Eight. FORCE, INTELLIGENCE—AND ASSOCIATION 106
15. Chapter Nine THE ECONOMIC FULFILLMENT OF DEMOCRACY 121
16. Part Three: ASPECTS OF A RECONSTRUCTED EDUCATIONAL POLICY
17. Chapter Ten. COMMON WELFARE AND SOCIAL CHANGE 143
18. Chapter Eleven. NATIONAL UNITY AND RACE DISCRIMINATION 161
19. Chapter Twelve. THE AUTONOMOUS FUNCTION OF THE SCHOOL 177
20. Chapter Thirteen. OUGHT, CAN, DARE THE SCHOOL BUILD A NEW SOCIAL ORDER? 191
21. Chapter Fourteen. CONCLUSION: EDUCATION AND THE EMERGING ERA 205
22. REFERENCES 231
23. INDEX 239