Evolution of Educational Thought

First Published in 2005. Emile Durkheim''s writing on education is well-known and widely recognized to be of great significance. In these lectures - given for the first time in 1902 to meet an urgent contemporary need - Durkheim presents a ''vast and bold fresco'' of educational development in Europe. He covers nearly eight hundred years of history. The book culminates in two long chapters of posi...