{"product_id":"9781350470323","title":"Artful Education and the Downward Journey Facing Finitude and Death","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePhilosophies of Education in Art, Cinema, and Literature\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eArtful Education and the Downward Journey\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFacing Finitude and Death\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJames MacAllister | René V. Arcilla | Anne Pirrie | Megan J. Laverty | Ramsey Affifi\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eEducation \/ Philosophy, Theory \u0026amp; Social Aspects\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThis book considers whether and how various philosophies, practices and artworks might help people face, and give new faces to, finitude. \u003c\/b\u003eFormal education typically emphasizes the journey upward, with ascending and healthy aspects of life like growth and flourishing being common educational aims. However, life also involves downward journeys of illness, decay and death. Written by contributors based in the UK and beyond, the book explores the educational potential in a range of spiritual and social practices as well as examples from cinema and literature that engage with downward journeys. The chapters cover written works by E.M. Forster, Hume, Nietzsche, and Robert Louis Stevenson; films such as\u003ci\u003e Nowhere Special, Toni Erdmann, Terminal Station, The Wild Pear Tree \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDead Poets Society; \u003c\/i\u003eand social practices and rituals including football. The authors argue that some artworks frame or narrate descent in ways that can educate audiences and reveal the folly in beating wings only upward. Downward journeys show falling or failing and fear of the suffocating dark unknown; but they may also provide glimmers of light, hope and amusement. An education that is full of art and artistry can prepare us to rise and fall, and rise and fall again, not simply to solve or heal, but to be present to what finitude teaches.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames MacAllister\u003c\/b\u003e was Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Education at the University of Edinburgh, UK.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAnne Pirrie\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent scholar and an honorary fellow at the University of Edinburgh, UK.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRamsey Affifi \u003c\/b\u003eteaches and researches at the University of Edinburgh, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 October 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350470323\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e230\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51333860425868,"sku":"9781350470323","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_ec90ee5c-0dd1-47a3-b4c8-a20eefaaeab4.jpg?v=1783617144","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350470323","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}