The Sartre-Heidegger Controversy on Humanism and the Concept of Man in Education

Educational Philosophy and Theory

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 351-365

  Kakkori, Leena ^a   Huttunen, Rauno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anti humanism; Culturalism; Education; Essentialism; Existentialism; Gelassenheit education; Heidegger; Humanism; Naturalism; Sartre

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861175321     PISSN: 00131857     EISSN: 14695812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2010.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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