Liberal Education as the Recovery of Classical Moral and Political Reasoning. (2nd January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: MacFarlane, Ian
• Is Part Of: Perspectives on political science. Volume 52:Number 1(2023)
• Page Start: 7
• Page End: 10
• Publication Date: 2023-01-02
• Subjects: Political science -- Book reviews -- Periodicals; Political science literature -- Periodicals; Political science -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Political science; Political science literature; Political science -- Study and teaching; Book reviews; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 320
• DOI: 10.1080/10457097.2022.2140001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1045-7097

Abstract

Abstract: Tim Burns' Leo Strauss on Democracy, Technology, and Liberal Education presents a new dimension of Leo Strauss' treatment of liberal education. Namely, he shows that for Strauss liberal education meant not only liberation from conventional opinions, but also, especially in modernity, a reawakening of a gentlemanly moral seriousness, which both supports political life and provides a foundation for a philosophic education in the strict sense. In this essay, I articulate the key features of Burns' argument and raise critical questions about his picture of this kind of liberal education in the modern world.