Iqbal\'s Educational Philosophy
Contents: Preface. Introduction. I. The education of individuality: 1. The concept of individuality. 2. The growth of individuality. 3. The dualism of the real and the ideal. 4. The individual and the community. 5. Creative evolution. 6. Revolt against intellectualism. 7. The conception of good character. II. Education and the social order of Islam: 1. The social order of Islam. 2. A creative vision of education. Index.
In this book the educational implications of the philosophical ideas of Sir Mohammed Iqbal have been examined. Mohammed Iqbal is considered to be one of the greatest poets and thinkers of modern age, this remarkable genius as a poet has received an adequate measure of recognition and has won him many laurels and admiration of the younger generation. After his works got translated into English he became known to the interested academic circle in the west. He is primarily a thinker and philosopher in the last sense of the word bringing the wealth of his keen intelligence and trained mind to find solutions to the problems not only related to the social cause which his poetry fought for but also about education in a consistent and closely knit form as a comprehensive educational theory. (jacket)
In this book the educational implications of the philosophical ideas of Sir Mohammed Iqbal have been examined. Mohammed Iqbal is considered to be one of the greatest poets and thinkers of modern age, this remarkable genius as a poet has received an adequate measure of recognition and has won him many laurels and admiration of the younger generation. After his works got translated into English he became known to the interested academic circle in the west. He is primarily a thinker and philosopher in the last sense of the word bringing the wealth of his keen intelligence and trained mind to find solutions to the problems not only related to the social cause which his poetry fought for but also about education in a consistent and closely knit form as a comprehensive educational theory. (jacket)
