Graduation Year
Spring 2014
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
History
Second Department
Government
Reader 1
Nita Kumar
Reader 2
Jay Martin
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© 2014 James L. Houghteling
Abstract
What role does education play in a democratic society? How can the right sort of education help foster a free, responsible, and caring citizenry? How can education begin to reconcile and incorporate intellectually complicated and seemingly opposite ideas and theories, such as idealism and pragmatism, localism and globalism, thought and action? In my thesis, I aim to reveal, and perhaps begin to answer, these larger ideas pertaining to the role of education in society. Moreover, I address these questions through the lens of Rabindranath Tagore and John Dewey, two thinkers and practitioners at the turn of the twentieth century who sought to use education to find solutions to problems facing their respective local communities, but also the global community.
Recommended Citation
Houghteling, James L., "Rabindranath Tagore, John Dewey, and the Unity of Mind and Culture" (2014). CMC Senior Theses. 905.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/905
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
