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The Education of Citizens and Statesmen
Fri, September 6, 2:00 to 3:30pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center (PCC), 105ASession Submission Type: Created Panel
Session Description
This panel features papers drawing on the history of political thought to reflect on the nature, significance, and operation of civic education. A central focus of each paper is the relation of civic education to the political regime it seeks to sustain. The nature of this relation has implications for our understanding of citizenship and political leadership.
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Individual Presentations
Alcibiades’ Statesmanship and Patriotism in Thucydides’ "History" - Jack Bevacqua, University of Notre Dame
Harvard’s Civic Mission: The Growth of a National Elite in the Postwar Period - Luke Foster, Hillsdale College
The Regime as Way of Life: Stability and Similarity in Aristotle’s Politics - Gabrielle Grow, University of Notre Dame
Aristotle on the Political Limits of Civic-Friendship Education - Robert Wyllie, Ashland University