Caring Confrontations for Education and Democracy makes a compelling case for redirecting current practices of education to focus on being educated rather than having an education.

R. Scott Webster is an Associate Professor at the School of Education at Deakin University, Australia. He researches and publishes in the areas of philosophy of education, curriculum theory, teacher education, existentialism and spirituality.

1. The Importance of the Individual for Democratic Society. 2. The having mode of Existence. 3. The being mode of Existence. 4. Educating through Confronting Oneself. 5. A Pedagogy of Caring Confrontation. 6. Confronting Society and Authorities. 7 Conclusion: Education of the demos as existential authenticity.