Overview
- Provides a survey of political thought about civic education for citizens, not statesmen
- Presents a defense of character education as a "third way" between cultural and utilitarian defenses of education
- Appeals to scholars of political philosophy, as well as others concerned with the state and future of liberal education
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism (PASTCL)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The Wisdom of the Commons examines the history and philosophy of civic education as the essential political part of liberal education. This study distinguishes itself from other works on liberal and civic education by focusing explicitly on the civic and liberal education of those citizens who are not destined for prominent positions within politics and government but are still a part of and relevant to political society. It considers this strand of liberal and civic education, in both its ancient and modern iterations, by focusing on the philosophies of Plato, Cicero, Locke, Rousseau, and Adam Smith.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Geoffrey Kellow is an Associate Professor in The College of the Humanities and the Department of Political Science at Carleton University, Canada. He specializes in the history of ideas. Professor Kellow researches the history of liberal education with a particular interest in the civic and economic components thereof. He is the editor of On Civic Republicanism (with Neven Leddy) and the author of essays and reviews published in both scholarly journals and the popular media. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Carleton University.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Wisdom of the Commons
Book Subtitle: The Education of Citizens from Plato’s Republic to The Wealth of Nations
Authors: Geoffrey C. Kellow
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95872-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-95871-8Published: 22 March 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-95874-9Published: 23 March 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-95872-5Published: 21 March 2022
Series ISSN: 2662-6470
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6489
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 242
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Economic Thought/Methodology, Political Philosophy, Education, general, Political Economy/Economic Systems