Xenophon's Democratic Pedagogy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3938901 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin Mccloskey (corresponding author), Benjamin McCloskey Benjamin McCloskey |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 230-249 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Phoenix (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8299 • E-ISSN: 1929-4883 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/phx.2017.0010 |
| OpenAlex | W4206653872, W2901428692 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article argues that, for Xenophon, hierarchies of power characteristic of non-democratic constitutions are incompatible with philosophical education. Hierarchized governments cannot teach their citizens effectively and are thus destabilized. Democracy emerges as the only viable constitution for Xenophon because its non-hierarchical parrhesiac society allows effective education, exemplified by the Socratics
Constitution · Democracy · Democratic Education · Epistemology · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Sociology · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2021 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |