James R Muir

The Legacy of Isocrates and a Platonic Alternative

Political Philosophy and the Value of Education

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Bringing together educational philosophy, political thought, and rhetoric, this book examines the influence of the philosopher Isocrates on educational thought and the history of education. Tracing the historical influence of Isocrates' notions of education from Antiquity to the modern era, Muir questions normative assumptions about the foundati

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780367588342
• ISBN-10: 036758834X
• Artikelnr.: 59863955

Autorenporträt

James Muir is Professor of Philosophy at University of Winnipeg, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1: Isocrates' Idea of the Nature and Value of Education
Chapter 1: Isocrates and the history of education: educationists vs.
everyone else
Chapter 2: The Isocratic Idea of the Nature and Value of Education
Part 2: The Historical Transmission and Evolution of the Isocratic Idea of
Education
Ch. 3: The Isocratic Idea: Rome to the Early Middle Ages
Ch. 4: The Isocratic Idea in the Middle Ages
Ch. 5: The Isocratic Idea in Renaissance Humanism
Ch. 6: Education and Modern Political Philosophy
Part 3: Critique of the Isocratic Idea and Outline of the
Parmenidean-Platonic Alternative
Ch. 7: The Inadequacy of the Isocratic Idea and DCD Method
Ch. 8: the Parmenidean-Platonic Alternative I: Normative Method and
Education
Ch. 9: the Parmenidean-Platonic Alternative II: an Outline of Educational
Practice
Conclusion
References