The Journal of Educational Thought promotes speculative, critical, and historical research concerning the theory and practice of education in a variety of areas including administration, comparative ...

Macmurray provides a conceptual and personal reference point around which we can locate a tradition of social humanism that unfolds from the British idealists to the communitarians. Some communitarian ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. In Philip Bump’s March 13 online column, “A quarter-century ago, we ...

A short-but-gushing profile of Susan Rice appeared in the New York Times this weekend. The piece, written by Mark Landler and titled, “Thrust Into Nonstop Turmoil, an Obama Adviser Counsels Pragmatism ...

“Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist.” George Carlin Source: Dustbin Baby/Wikipedia Commons It’s all too easy to miss the intimate connection between cynicism and idealism. And ...

The past few years haven't been kind to foreign policy idealism--the belief that when authoritarian states mistreat their own people, it is a matter of concern for all of us. We idealists can largely ...

Every generation experiences the conflict between idealism and experience. Youth, with their compassion and moral intensity, often gravitate toward political movements that promise justice and ...

Sometimes, when I see the headlines from Europe about Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party victory, and the rise of far-left and far-right parties across the continent, I begin to think that idealism is ...

The apartment where I work overlooks a small, alternative high school in Boulder, Colorado. I look out onto the football field and see a young woman flip her hair to the side. Even her roots shine.

Being labeled "practical" feels fraught in a world where there are so many people feel passionately and deeply about important issues and expressing values seems to require idealism. Practical people ...