Moving Images of Eternity

A comprehensive and original study that demonstrates the significance and pertinence of the scholarship of George Grant for teaching today. William F. Pinar presents a comprehensive and original study that demonstrates the significance and pertinence of the scholarship of George Grant for teaching today. While there are studies of Grants political philosophy, there has been no sustained study of his teaching. Pinar not only draws upon the collected works; he has also consulted Grants PhD thesis at Oxford, as well as the philosophers biography, collected letters, and the vast secondary literature. What emerges is a treatise that reveals Grants timeliness and his prescience in identifying and critiquing key educational issues nearly half a century ago, from academic vocationalism and educational technology to privatization and the ascendency of researchissues that are eminently relevant today. Beyond the classroom, Grants concerns extended to the impact of economic globalization which, he feared, would erase distinctive national histories and cultures. As such, Grant foresaw the current issues of right-wing populism, notably in the UK and the US, as reactions against these historical tendencies. This volume is destined to become an indispensable reference work for students of Grant in particular and for students of education in general. Published in English.