Pedagogy and Power
Rhetorics of Classical Learning
Niall Livingstone editor Yun Lee Too editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:27th Aug '98
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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: 9780521594356
Dimensions: 236mm x 158mm x 27mm
Weight: 675g
336 pages