Liberal states, authoritarian families : childhood and education in early modern thought / Rita Koganzon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koganzon, Rita, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authoritarianism.

Liberalism.

Parent and child--Political aspects.

Parent and child.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 214 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

'Liberal States, Authoritarian Families' sheds new light on longstanding questions in educational and political philosophy about the relationship between parents and children in a liberal state. Contemporary theorists argue that the family should be democratized to reflect the egalitarian ideals of the liberal state, but Koganzon argues that this desire for 'congruence' between familial and state authority was originally illiberal in origin, advanced by theorists of absolute sovereignty like Bodin and Hobbes.

Contents:

The rise of sovereignty and the logic of congruence

Hobbesian sovereignty and the denaturalization of authority

Locke and the authority of opinion

Locke's authoritarian education

Rousseau and the authority of opinion

Rousseau's authoritarian education.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-756883-1

0-19-756882-3

OCLC:

1250079593