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Jefferson’s Revolutionary Theory and the Reconstruction of Educational PurposeReimagining Educational Purpose Through Jeffersonian Categories

Jefferson’s Revolutionary Theory and the Reconstruction of Educational Purpose: Reimagining... [The purpose of this chapter is to establish a necessary conceptual justification for the educational reform proposals advanced in the book’s final chapter. Specifically, the pursuit of happiness and alter and abolish clauses of the Declaration of Independence, including Jefferson’s maxim that the earth belongs to the living, are framed as moral propositions that can help stimulate and justify the human desire for changing and revising the political arrangements that govern one’s life. It is argued that these moral propositions give present-day Americans license to rebel against the neoliberal purposes of education, defined here as oppressive in their effects. Danielle Allen’s concept of “participatory readiness,” seen frequently in earlier chapters, is invoked once again as a gold standard to illuminate the ultimate purposes of civic education in a democratic republic.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Jefferson’s Revolutionary Theory and the Reconstruction of Educational PurposeReimagining Educational Purpose Through Jeffersonian Categories

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2020
ISBN
978-3-030-45762-4
Pages
155 –162
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-45763-1_10
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[The purpose of this chapter is to establish a necessary conceptual justification for the educational reform proposals advanced in the book’s final chapter. Specifically, the pursuit of happiness and alter and abolish clauses of the Declaration of Independence, including Jefferson’s maxim that the earth belongs to the living, are framed as moral propositions that can help stimulate and justify the human desire for changing and revising the political arrangements that govern one’s life. It is argued that these moral propositions give present-day Americans license to rebel against the neoliberal purposes of education, defined here as oppressive in their effects. Danielle Allen’s concept of “participatory readiness,” seen frequently in earlier chapters, is invoked once again as a gold standard to illuminate the ultimate purposes of civic education in a democratic republic.]

Published: May 28, 2020

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