![The Philosopher's Child: Critical Perspectives in the Western Tradition [9781580460217]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-gjd9kmzlkz/stencil/0a3b8350-9fbb-013f-e43b-5e53173c381a/e/f6cb8ca0-6c2a-013f-3893-3e291d6099c0/img/CustomProductDefault.png "The Philosopher's Child: Critical Perspectives in the Western Tradition [9781580460217]")
Overview
A collection of essays examining how philosophers in the Western tradition have viewed and written about children through the ages.The Philospoher's Child is an edited collection of 9 contemporary essays (7 new works, 2 revised from previously published work), each of which examines the views of a different philosopher (Socrates, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Kant, Mill, Wittgenstein, Rawls, and Firestone) on the topic of children. Each of the contributors to this groundbreaking volume is a specialist in the area of the philosopher he or she considers and offers to the reader both the opportunity to review the thoughts of these important thinkers on a subject that is fast becoming an issue of great urgency and the chance to those thoughts in a critical context.
The book, The Philosopher's Child: Critical Perspectives in the Western Tradition [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9781580460217 in Hardcover by may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
Details
Format:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
06/15/1998
ISBN-10:
1580460216
ISBN-13:
9781580460217
Pages:
248
Publisher:
Boydell & Brewer Inc.
