Educating for Democracy: Paideia in an Age of UncertaintyAlan M. Olson, David M. Steiner, Irina S. Tuuli The central conflicts of the world today are closely related to cultural, traditional, and religious differences between nations. As we move to a globalized world, these differences often become magnified, entrenched, and the cause of bloody conflict. Growing out of a conference of distinguished scholars from the MiddleEast, Europe, and the United States, this volume is a singular contribution to mutual understanding and cooperative efforts on behalf of peace. The term paideia, drawn from Greek philosophy, has to do with responsible education for citizenship as a necessary precondition for effective democracy. The problems discussed here are crucial, but not simple. How can we find shared ethical principles on which to build international consensus? How can religious tolerance make inroads in societies accustomed to restrictive fundamentalism? What might bring about de-dogmatization of education in the Middle East as a necessary condition for free and rational inquiry and the broader vistas required by democracy? All of these issues highlight the underlying question, "What is education really for?" Finally, the volume confronts the promises and perils of economic globalization. Noting that one third of the world's population lives in abject poverty, business has become a battlefield where ethics and trust are clearly at stake. |
Contents
Introduction Paideia in Philosophy and Religion | 5 |
Paideia Anachronism or Necessity? | 11 |
Paideia as the Unity of Knowledge and Enlightenment | 25 |
Science Education and the Transformation of Civilization in the Twentyfirst Century | 31 |
The Noospheric Imperative for Paideia in the Twentyfirst Century | 43 |
Paideia Critical Thinking and Religion in Education | 51 |
Interreligious Dialogues during the Middle Ages and Early Modernity | 59 |
The Impact of Modernity on Jewish Life | 85 |
Paideia in an Age of Uncertainty | 149 |
After NATO Paideial | 163 |
Liberal Education in the Face of Antidemocracy | 171 |
Prescribing Orthodoxy | 179 |
Dedogmatizing Reason | 193 |
Education and Democratization in an Age of Islamism | 203 |
Education to Conscience and Political Disobedience The Role of the Role Model | 221 |
Face to Face with Eudaimonia The PostSoviet Teachers Identity Crisis | 233 |
Paideia and Adab in Islam | 97 |
The Changing Face of Islamic Radicalism | 103 |
ChristianIslamic Dialogue in the Twentyfirst Century | 115 |
Paideia and Education | 129 |
Introduction Paideia and Education | 131 |
Paideia Anachronism or Necessity? | 137 |
Reformatting the Idea of a University | 247 |
Paideia and Economics | 263 |
The Ethics of Political Economy A Roundtable Discussion | 265 |
About the Contributors | 301 |
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