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Paideia Agonistes
John E. Grote
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Description for Paideia Agonistes
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 313.
In recent years, as school shootings and violence among the young intensifies, the United States has begun to wonder where these problems originated, and how best to solve them. Is the fault with the school system? Or are our cultural ills the result of changing values? John E. Grote, in his provocative study of modern education, claims that culture and education are inextricably intertwined, and that the former is responsible for the decline of the latter. Grote outlines the modern condition, addressing the causes rooted in the Enlightenment's concept of man, and formulates a vision, based upon the Greek concept ... Read more
In recent years, as school shootings and violence among the young intensifies, the United States has begun to wonder where these problems originated, and how best to solve them. Is the fault with the school system? Or are our cultural ills the result of changing values? John E. Grote, in his provocative study of modern education, claims that culture and education are inextricably intertwined, and that the former is responsible for the decline of the latter. Grote outlines the modern condition, addressing the causes rooted in the Enlightenment's concept of man, and formulates a vision, based upon the Greek concept ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761817260
SKU
V9780761817260
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About John E. Grote
John E. Grote is Principal of St. John the Baptist School in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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