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ERIC Number: EJ324774
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Is Nihilism a Red Herring? Comments on Bowers's "Culture against Itself."
Stanley, Manfred
American Journal of Education, v93 n4 p497-503 Aug 1985
Author presents his conception of Bowers's essay, especially his understanding of Bowers's definition of nihilism, and concludes that there may be more to fear from those who fear nihilism than from nihilism itself. (SA)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Educational Philosophy, Humanism, Individualism, Intellectual Freedom, Liberalism, Philosophy
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Bowers (C A); Nihilism; Social Thought