'Let us now praise... ': Rethinking role models and heroes in an egalitarian age

Philosophy of Education in the Era of Globalization

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 129-161

  Levinson, Meira ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203871119     Document Type: Chapter

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