Democracy and Education in Classical Athens and the American Founding

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carcieri, Martin D, Author.

Language:

English

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Peter Lang Publishing Incorporated 2002

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER ONE

Introduction: The History and Current Status of the Debate over

the Constitutional Right to Education i

Federal Constitutional Jurisprudence i

State Constitutional Jurisprudence 3

Professor Bitensky's Argument 5

Professor Maggs' Response II

Analysis of the Exchange 2

CHAPTER TWO

Athenian Democratic Theory and Practice: The Foundation of

Modern Democratic Theory and Practice I5

Introduction I5

What Is Democracy? 6

Athenian Democratic Theory I7

AthenianDemocratic Practice 8

CHAPTER THREE

The American Constitutional Commitment to

Liberal Republican Democracy 21

Introduction 21

The Elements of Modern Democracy 21

The American Constitutional Founding 23

Two More Distinctions 25

The Constitutional Commitment to Liberal Republican Democracy 28

CHAPTER FOUR

Democracy and Education in the Thought of Jefferson and Madison 35

Introduction 35

The Bill for the Greater Diffusion of Knowledge 38

The Rockfish Gap Report 42

Conclusion 55

CHAPTER FIVE

Democracy and Education in Classical Athens 57

Introduction 57

Traditional Athenian Education 58

The Sophists 61

The Athenian Response to the Sophists 69

Conclusion 74 CHAPTER SIX

Conclusion 75

The Rodriguez Decision 75

Professor Bitensky's Thesis 76

Democracy and Education 80

Notes 89

Bibliography I 2 I.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph