Life at School
An Ethnographic Study
Price: 595.00 INR
ISBN:
9780195679649
Publication date:
03/10/2005
Hardback
308 pages
216x140mm
Price: 595.00 INR
ISBN:
9780195679649
Publication date:
03/10/2005
Hardback
308 pages
Part of Oxford India Paperbacks
Second Edition Edition
Meenakshi Thapan
This book explores the complex relationship between ideas, institutions, and the people in them by examining the case of the Rishi Valley School, which is informed by the world-view of the renowned philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti.
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Second Edition Edition
Meenakshi Thapan
Description
This book explores the complex relationship between ideas, institutions, and the people in them by examining the case of the Rishi Valley School, which is informed by the world-view of the renowned philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti.
About the Author
Meenakshi Thapan, Professor and Head of Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics
Second Edition Edition
Meenakshi Thapan
Review
"Praise for the first edition: Thapan's analysis of Rishi Valley's educational process and Krishnamurti's educational philosophy is insightful and thought provoking." - Harvard Educational Review
Second Edition Edition
Meenakshi Thapan
Description
This book explores the complex relationship between ideas, institutions, and the people in them by examining the case of the Rishi Valley School, which is informed by the world-view of the renowned philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti.
About the Author
Meenakshi Thapan, Professor and Head of Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics
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