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ERIC Number: EJ324773
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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The Poignancy of Purpose.
Howard, Vernon A.
American Journal of Education, v93 n4 p491-96 Aug 1985
Presents a critical review of C. A. Bowers's "Culture against Itself," suggesting the alternative view, minus supporting arguments, that the quixotic quest for meaning is bound to fail, not for lack of meaning but for too much meaning. (SA)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Educational Philosophy, Individualism, Philosophy
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Bowers (C A); Nihilism; Social Thought; Truth