Democracy and Education vs Emile or Education: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Education, Philosophy
Democracy and Education
Publisher description: John Dewey (1859-1952) believed that learning was active and schooling unnecessarily long and restrictive. His idea was that children came to school to do things and live in a community which gave…
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Emile or Education
Rousseau wrote about the difficulty of being a good individual within an inherently corrupting collectivity: society. Emile deals specifically with education, and outlines a system which would allow for human goodness.…
The verdict
- Readers rate Democracy and Education highest: Democracy and Education 4.0 · Emile or Education 3.5.
- Democracy and Education is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Emile or Education.
- Democracy and Education has the widest readership — 2196 ratings behind its score.
- Democracy and Education reaches further in scholarship and criticism — cited 60 times.
Scores by source
| Democracy and Education | Emile or Education | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (2196) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (2) | 2.2 (6) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
Reception
| Democracy and Education | Emile or Education | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2196 | 6 |
| Editions | 184 | 182 |
| Citations | 60 | 58 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 7462 | — |
| Pages | 218 | 410 |