Ep. 193: The Theory and Practice of Liberal Education w/ Pano Kanelos (Part One)

The president of St. John's College, Annapolis joins us to discuss Jacob Klein's “The Idea of a Liberal Education” (1960) and “On Liberal Education” (1965), plus Sidney Hook’s “A Critical Appraisal of the St. John’s College Curriculum” (1946) and Martha Nussbaum’s “Undemocratic Vistas” (1987). What constitutes a liberal education? Should we all read the Western canon? Klein (and our guest) think that we need to wonder at the familiar, to explore the ancestry of our current concepts in order to avoid their sedimentation. Please support PEL! The post Ep. 193: The Theory and Practice of Liberal Education w/ Pano Kanelos (Part One) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.