Democracy and Education in Classical Athens and the American Founding
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Major Concepts in Politics and Political Theory
ISBN-10
0820449733
ISBN-13
9780820449739
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 9th, 2002
Print length
128 Pages
Weight
324 grams
Dimensions
16.10 x 23.60 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
Education
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Democracy and Education in Classical Athens and the American Founding grapples with the paradox inherent in the U.S. Supreme Court’s San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez ruling, which found that education is not a fundamental right under the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. Through an examination of classical Athens under the educational influence of the Sophists and the key educational writings of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, this book illustrates the close link between education and democracy on both historical and theoretical grounds. After demonstrating that the U.S. Constitution embodies a variant of democracy, namely liberal republicanism, it concludes that the Rodriguez decision was nonetheless correct, since it also rests on powerful arguments from democratic theory.
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