Power to the People: Teaching Political Philosophy in Skeptical TimesLexington Books, 2006 - 191 Seiten Power to the People examines the teaching of political philosophy in what is taken to be skeptical times. Author Avner de-Shalit encourages political philosophers to remain committed to the analytical achievements of political philosophy while also revising and improving the teachings of the discipline to be more in tune with the demands of democratic society. Using highly accessible language, de-Shalit argues that distinguishing political philosophy from politics is methodologically and normatively wrong; that political philosophy can empower its students; and that political philosophy should be democraticized. De-Shalit's radical and provocative theory will fascinate anyone involved in politics, philosophy, and education. |
Inhalt
Teaching Political Philosophy and Academic Neutrality | 19 |
Political Philosophy and Empowering the Citizens | 53 |
The Three Models of Reflective Equilibrium Private Contextual and Public | 75 |
IMPLICATIONS | 125 |
Herbert Marcuse vs Deliberative Democracy Two Models for Teaching Political Philosophy at the University | 127 |
The Relationships Between Political Science Political Theory and the History of Ideas | 151 |
Jeremiahs Tragedy | 179 |
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About the Author | |
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite ix - In the school of political projectors I was but ill entertained, the professors appearing in my judgment wholly out of their senses, which is a scene that never fails to make me melancholy.
Seite ix - I was but ill entertained ; the professors appearing, in my judgment, wholly out of their senses, which is a scene that never fails to make me melancholy. These unhappy people were proposing schemes for persuading monarchs to choose favourites upon the score of their wisdom, capacity, and virtue ; of teaching ministers to consult the public good ; of rewarding merit, great abilities, and eminent services ; of instructing princes to know their true interest, by placing it on the same foundation with...
Seite ix - ... score of their wisdom, capacity, and virtue ; of teaching ministers to consult the public good ; of rewarding merit, great abilities, and eminent services ; of instructing princes to know their true interest, by placing it on the same foundation with that of their people ; of choosing for employments, persons qualified to exercise them ; with many other wild impossible chimeras, that never entered before into the heart of a man to conceive ; and confirmed in me the old observation, " that there...