A01=Christopher Winch
Author_Christopher Winch
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civil society
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forthcoming
hegel
hume
philosophy of education
wittgenstein
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- ISBN 9781350513402
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 23 Jul 2026
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book examines the relationship between the educational activities of civil society and those of the state via three case studies in vocational education, political education, and educational markets. Winch argues that the narrower educational activities of the state cannot be understood independently of those that take place in civil society which consists of institutions such as families, churches, businesses, trade unions, charities and political associations. Drawing on arguments and ideas in the work of Hume, Wittgenstein, Rhees, Vico, Hegel and Gramsci and building on the work of authors such as Bakhurst, Roedl and Hamlyn, the book breaks new ground in offering a philosophical account of civil society and the place of education within it. It is relevant to a range of societies, including those without a state or where the state has little influence, located in geographically and temporally diverse contexts.
Christopher Winch is Professor of Educational Philosophy and Policy at King’s College London, UK.
