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ERIC Number: EJ571062
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0093-3104
The Postmodern Self and the Problem of Developing a Democratic Mind.
Reichenbach, Roland
Theory and Research in Social Education, v26 n2 p226-37 Spr 1998
Argues that the heterogeneity of morals and aesthetics in contemporary pluralistic cultures, and the consequent concentration on individual self-interests, is a threat to democratic ways of life. Discusses people's problems appreciating the values of democratic forms of life and accessing public life under the condition of postmodern mass societies. (DSK)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Citizenship Education, Democratic Values, Egocentrism, Individual Development, Moral Values, Postmodernism, Self Concept, Social Influences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Modernity; Pluralism