Werner Jaeger's Paideia and his 'Third Humanism'.
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| Title: | Werner Jaeger's Paideia and his 'Third Humanism'. |
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| Authors: | Horn, Christoph1 (AUTHOR) chorn@uni-bonn.de |
| Source: | Educational Philosophy & Theory. Jun/Jul2018, Vol. 50 Issue 6/7, p682-691. 10p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Paideia program, *Teaching, Humanism, Cultural history |
| People: | Jaeger, Werner |
| Abstract: | Werner Jaeger (1888-1961) was at his time the most brilliant and the most influential German classicist. His most important project was a tripartite study that he finally published under the title of Paideia. Die Formung des griechischen Menschen (1933-1947). Paideia was much more than a detailed scholarly book on pedagogy in the ancient world. It was an attempt to interpret the history of ancient thought--from Homeric epics to Attic tragedy and Platonic philosophy--as rooted in the intention to educate (or rather to 'form') human beings. And it was the attempt to contribute to a contemporary German movement called 'Third Humanism'. In this article, I give a critical overview of this work, its strengths and its shortcomings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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