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291
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Sami’s
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2023
3.8
3.8
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4.47
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Sami’s first review of the year
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In these essays, Russell delved into the fundamental tension between two distinct educational aims. 1) shaping individuals to serve the state as responsible citizens or 2) fostering autonomy where individuals are free to pursue their own desires. Russell critically examines the consequences of each approach, arguing that education should navigate between the needs of society and the rights of the individual.
These are not mere binary choices. Russ ...more
These are not mere binary choices. Russ ...more
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This book reflects the traditional Sufi belief in the unity of knowledge with faith-based values. Nasr criticizes the desacralization of knowledge, arguing that it leads to an existential crisis - a dilemma persistent within the modern civilizations. Particularly dealing with the concern of the decline of faith in modernism. Nasr contends that not only Western civilization has not only facing challenges but has regressed indefinitely, especially
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