The Mother's Philosophy of Education (Hardbound-2022)

The book aims at presenting an integral philosophy of education along with its present limitations and future possibilities. It presents material on various topics of education and its philosophical, psychological, and sociological foundations from the teachings of The Mother (Mirra Alfasa) as published in journals and books. It tries to reinterpret and evaluate the important philosophies of education with an eye to find solutions of everyday life in various fields of education. The discussion has been collaborated and enriched by relevant comparisons with the philosophies of education of East and West. The Mother’s philosophy of education has been critically evaluated particularly from the point of view of internal consistency. Based on the Mother’s philosophy of education, the book deals with topics such as aims and ideals of Western and Indian education, philosophical and psychological foundations of education, sociological foundations of education, political and economic foundations of education, physical education, vital education, mental education, moral education, religious education, psychic and spiritual education, etc. It comprehensively studies integral approach to education, integral foundations of education, integral axiology, moral development, secular education, synthesis of nationalism and internationalism, humanist education, multisided curriculum, free progress system, pedo-centric teaching methods, self-evaluation and examination, critical evaluation, ascetic male-female relationship, utopian sociology, moral purism, and pointer to future philosophy of education.

Dr. G. Ranjit Sharma, M.A. (Philosophy), Ph.D. (Philosophy), retired as a Professor from the Department of Philosophy, Manipur University, Imphal, Manipur. He has also taught Philosophy at Manipur College, Imphal. He is a life member of Indian Philosophical Congress and U.P. Darshan Parishad. He has published a dozen of papers and participated in several state, national, and international conferences. His published books include The Idealistic Philosophy of Swami Vivekananda and An Introduction to Gandhian Thought.