{"product_id":"the-learning-of-liberty-the-educational-ideas-of-the-american-founders-9780700607464","title":"The Learning of Liberty: The Educational Ideas of the American Founders","description":"American schools are in a state of crisis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the root of our current perplexity, beneath the difficulties with funding, social problems, and low test scores, festers a serious uncertainty as to what the focus and goals of education should be. We are increasingly haunted by the suspicion that our educational theories and institutions have lost sight of the need to perpetuate a core of moral and civic knowledge that is essential for any citizen's education, and indeed for any individual's happiness. Mining the Founders' rich reflections on education, the Pangles suggest, can help us recover a clearer sense of perspective and purpose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a commanding knowledge of the history of political philosophy, the authors illustrate how the Founders both drew upon and transformed the ideas of earlier philosophers of education such as Plato, Xenophon, Milton, Bacon, and Locke. They trace the emergence of a new American ideal of public education that puts civic instruction at its core to sustain a high quality of leadership and public discourse while producing resourceful, self-reliant members of a uniquely fluid society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Pangles also explore the wisdom and the weaknesses inherent in Jefferson's attempt to create a comprehensive system of schooling that would educate parents and children and offer unprecedented freedom of choice to university students. An original closing section examines the Founders' ideas for bringing all aspects of society to bear on education. It also shows how Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin presented their own lives as models for the education of others and analyzes the subtle, provocative moral philosophy implicit in the self-depiction of each. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Learning of Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e is historical and scholarly yet relentlessly practical, seeking from the Founders useful insights into the human soul and the character of good education. Even if the Founders do not provide us with ready-made solutions to many of our problems, the Pangles suggest, a study of their writings can give us a more realistic perspective, by teaching that our bewilderment is in some measure an outgrowth of unresolved tensions embedded in the Founders' own conceptions of republicanism, religion, education, and human nature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA marvelous work, full of learning and wisdom, certain to interest and enlighten its readers. The authors raise the current discussion of the problems facing American education to a level that towers above the usual topics. They ask what is education for and make a powerful case that in a democratic republic it must focus on civic and moral questions. Their sympathetic and critical account of the ideas and lives of such men as Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin is fascinating in itself and a superb way to illuminate the issues. --Donald Kagan, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of the Athenian Empire\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Western Heritage\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lorraine Smith Pangle, Thomas L. Pangle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kansas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 5.96w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780700607464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePangle, Lorraine Smith:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Lorraine Smith Pangle is Professor of Government and Co-Director of the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Study of Core Texts and Ideas at the University of Texas in Austin.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePangle, Thomas L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Thomas L. Pangle holds the Joe R. Long Endowed Chair in Democratic Studies in the Department of Government at the Univeristy of Texas in Austin. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit of Modern Republicanism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Ennobling of Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Kansas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40568805490803,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":51.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_8fbe2c8f-0b5c-4cdb-b777-5586efca4546.jpg?v=1668092125","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-learning-of-liberty-the-educational-ideas-of-the-american-founders-9780700607464","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}