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Happiness, Hope, and Despair

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

Happiness, Hope, and Despair

By Peter Roberts

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About the book

In the Western world it is usually taken as given that we all want happiness, and our educational arrangements tacitly acknowledge this. Happiness, Hope, and Despair argues, however, that education has an important role to play in deepening our understanding of suffering and despair as well as happiness and joy. Education can be uncomfortable, unpredictable, and unsettling; it can lead to greater uncertainty and unhappiness. Drawing on the work of Soren Kierkegaard, Miguel de Unamuno, Fyodor Dos...Show more

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9781433120978

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Peter Lang Publishing Inc

Published year

2015

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