Educating the Postmodern Child

Fiachra Long is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University College Cork, Ireland.

• AcknowledgementsSeries Editor PrefaceForewordPart I: Context1. Childhood and the Child2. Child's Play3. Empowering the Child in PostmodernityPart II: Appearances4. The Global Child5. Talent6. Tactility7. Visibility8. InvisibilityPart III: Education9. Vapour Trails and Noise10. The Ambassador's Secret11. Mind Games and Philosophy12. ConclusionBibliographyIndex

This exciting exploration of the world of the child in our time draws on Fiachra Long's immense erudition and on his many years' experience as a philosopher and teacher. Based on careful reading of historical and contemporary literature taken from many sources, Educating the Postmodern Child gives evidence of the author's personal engagement with the issues that he addresses. Fiachra Long succeeds in showing that scholarly inquiry can in fact be extraordinarily interesting. The volume therefore deserves to be read not only by those within the philosophical and educational communities but also by parents and by young people themselves.