The Resource Teachers of the people : political education in Rousseau, Hegel, Tocqueville, and Mill, Dana Villa
Teachers of the people : political education in Rousseau, Hegel, Tocqueville, and Mill, Dana Villa
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- Summary
- The year 2016 witnessed an unprecedented shock to political elites in both Europe and America. Populism was on the march, fueled by a substantial ignorance of, or contempt for, the norms, practices, and institutions of liberal democracy. It is not surprising that observers on the left and right have called for renewed efforts at civic education. For liberal democracy to survive, they argue, some form of political education aimed at "the people" is clearly imperative. In Teachers of the People, Dana Villa takes us back to the moment in history when "the people" first appeared on the stage of modern European politics. That moment - the era just before and after the French Revolution - led many major thinkers to celebrate the dawning of a new epoch in the history of mankind. Yet these same thinkers also worried intensely about the people's seemingly evident lack of political knowledge, experience, and judgment. Villa shows how reformist and progressive sentiments were often undercut by a deep skepticism concerning the political capacity of ordinary people. Difference aside, Rousseau, Hegel, Tocqueville, and Mill all thought that "the people" needed to be restrained, educated, and guided - by specific laws and institutions and by a skilled political elite. The result, Villa argues, was less the taming of democracy's wilder impulses than a pervasive paternalism culminating in new forms of the tutorial state. Ironically, it is the reliance upon the distinction between "teachers" and "taught" in the work of these theorists that generates civic passivity and ignorance. And this, in turn, creates conditions favorable to the emergence of an undemocratic and illiberal populism. -- from dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 367 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau: creating and "preserving" a free people
- Hegel as political educator
- Tocqueville: the aristocrat as democratic pedagogue
- J. S. Mill: democracy and the authority of the instructed
- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9780226467498
- Label
- Teachers of the people : political education in Rousseau, Hegel, Tocqueville, and Mill
- Title
- Teachers of the people
- Title remainder
- political education in Rousseau, Hegel, Tocqueville, and Mill
- Statement of responsibility
- Dana Villa
- Subject
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- Democracy -- Europe -- Philosophy | History -- 19th century
- Democracy -- Philosophy
- Europe
- Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831
- Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831 -- Political and social views
- History
- Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873
- Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873 -- Political and social views
- 1700-1899
- Political science -- Europe -- Philosophy | History -- 18th century
- Political science -- Europe -- Philosophy | History -- 19th century
- Political science -- Philosophy
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 -- Political and social views
- Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859
- Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 -- Political and social views
- Political and social views
- Democracy -- Europe -- Philosophy | History -- 18th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The year 2016 witnessed an unprecedented shock to political elites in both Europe and America. Populism was on the march, fueled by a substantial ignorance of, or contempt for, the norms, practices, and institutions of liberal democracy. It is not surprising that observers on the left and right have called for renewed efforts at civic education. For liberal democracy to survive, they argue, some form of political education aimed at "the people" is clearly imperative. In Teachers of the People, Dana Villa takes us back to the moment in history when "the people" first appeared on the stage of modern European politics. That moment - the era just before and after the French Revolution - led many major thinkers to celebrate the dawning of a new epoch in the history of mankind. Yet these same thinkers also worried intensely about the people's seemingly evident lack of political knowledge, experience, and judgment. Villa shows how reformist and progressive sentiments were often undercut by a deep skepticism concerning the political capacity of ordinary people. Difference aside, Rousseau, Hegel, Tocqueville, and Mill all thought that "the people" needed to be restrained, educated, and guided - by specific laws and institutions and by a skilled political elite. The result, Villa argues, was less the taming of democracy's wilder impulses than a pervasive paternalism culminating in new forms of the tutorial state. Ironically, it is the reliance upon the distinction between "teachers" and "taught" in the work of these theorists that generates civic passivity and ignorance. And this, in turn, creates conditions favorable to the emergence of an undemocratic and illiberal populism. -- from dust jacket
- Cataloging source
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- Villa, Dana Richard
- Dewey number
- 320.01
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- JA71
- LC item number
- .V56 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
- Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
- Tocqueville, Alexis de
- Mill, John Stuart
- Political science
- Political science
- Democracy
- Democracy
- Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
- Mill, John Stuart
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
- Tocqueville, Alexis de
- Democracy
- Political and social views
- Political science
- Europe
- Label
- Teachers of the people : political education in Rousseau, Hegel, Tocqueville, and Mill, Dana Villa
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Contents
- Introduction -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau: creating and "preserving" a free people -- Hegel as political educator -- Tocqueville: the aristocrat as democratic pedagogue -- J. S. Mill: democracy and the authority of the instructed -- Conclusion
- Control code
- 973803674
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 367 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226467498
- Lccn
- 2017013704
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- unmediated
- Media MARC source
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- System control number
- (OCoLC)973803674
- Label
- Teachers of the people : political education in Rousseau, Hegel, Tocqueville, and Mill, Dana Villa
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau: creating and "preserving" a free people -- Hegel as political educator -- Tocqueville: the aristocrat as democratic pedagogue -- J. S. Mill: democracy and the authority of the instructed -- Conclusion
- Control code
- 973803674
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 367 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226467498
- Lccn
- 2017013704
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)973803674
Subject
- Democracy -- Europe -- Philosophy | History -- 19th century
- Democracy -- Philosophy
- Europe
- Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831
- Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831 -- Political and social views
- History
- Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873
- Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873 -- Political and social views
- 1700-1899
- Political science -- Europe -- Philosophy | History -- 18th century
- Political science -- Europe -- Philosophy | History -- 19th century
- Political science -- Philosophy
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 -- Political and social views
- Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859
- Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 -- Political and social views
- Political and social views
- Democracy -- Europe -- Philosophy | History -- 18th century
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