Revival of the Democratic Intellect, The

Andrew Lockhart Walker's work takes up the baton of the Scottish philosopher, George Davie, whose Democratic Intellect, published in the 1960s, argues powerfully against an over-specialised approach to education.

The author focuses on the way education is developing now and asks whether a distinctive Scottish approach to education can be salvaged. This is a thought-provoking study, highly relevant to current debates on the role of the new universities and the reappraisal of higher education in general.