Cultural diversity, liberal pluralism and schools : Isaiah Berlin and education / Neil Burtonwood.

"First published in 2006. First issued in paperback ed 2012."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [158]-177) and index.

Isaiah Berlin and liberalism -- Political philosophy, cultural diversity and education -- Cultural diversity, value pluralism and the curriculum -- Faith-based and cultural identity schools: a liberal defence? -- Cultural communities, education and right of exit -- National identity and education -- In pursuit of an uncertain future.

"Starting from recent debates in North America about possible accommodations to meet the concerns of non-liberal religious groups, the book goes on to examine several issues centred on education in culturally-diverse societies. Neil Burtonwood argues persuasively that the work of Isaiah Berlin, the British philosopher and historian of ideas, has considerable potential for illuminating questions about a properly liberal response to pluralism, and the education of cultural minority children in a liberal democracy."--BOOK JACKET.