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Pedagogy and Power

Rhetorics of Classical Learning

Niall Livingstone editor Yun Lee Too editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:19th Jul '07

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An exploration of the political dimensions of Graeco-Roman education and of its subsequent models.

An exploration of the political dimensions of Graeco-Roman education and of its subsequent models from a range of intellectual perspectives. Classicists, historians, philosophers and literary scholars explore the role of classical learning in education.Pedagogy and Power is a volume of interdisciplinary essays which explores the political dimensions of Graeco-Roman education and of its subsequent models. Seeking to make the various structures and discourses of intellectual authority more apparent, the essays argue that there is a social context for the knowledge imparted by classical models of pedagogy. They examine how such pedagogues instruct their pupils to function as citizens who rule or are ruled, privileging certain knowledge over others, and including some individuals while excluding others. Overall the book shows that the complex and plural authorities and power that have been associated with classical learning and knowledge are not part of a legacy to be unproblematically inherited or reproduced.

'… an example of impressive interdisciplinary scholarship, deserving of study by scholars in history, English and other language studies as well as classics.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review

ISBN: 9780521038010

Dimensions: 228mm x 152mm x 18mm

Weight: 506g

336 pages