Rhetoric, Paideia and the Old Idea of a Liberal Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11952196 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alistair Miller (University of Buckingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 183-206 |
| Publication date | 2007-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Philosophy of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-8249 • E-ISSN: 1467-9752 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9752.2007.00558.x |
| OpenAlex | W2051390549 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 11 |
This paper argues that the modern curriculum of academic subject disciplines embodies a rationalist conception of pure, universal knowledge that does little to cultivate, humanise or form the self. A liberal education in the classical humanist tradition, by contrast, develops a personal culture or paideia, an understanding of the self as a social, political and cultural being, and the practical wisdom needed to make judgements in practical, political and human affairs. The paper concludes by asking whether the old liberal curriculum, traditionally centred on the humanities and the disciplines of grammar and rhetoric, can be recovered in the modern age
Curriculum · Epistemology · Higher education · Humanism · Humanistic education · Liberal arts education · Liberal education · Linguistics · Paideia · Pedagogy · Philosophy of education · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Social science · Sociology · Subject (documents · Classical Studies and Philology · Law · Philosophy · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education · Religious Education and Schools
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,54 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2021 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |