Paideia: Education in the Global Era, Volume I

Paideia: Education in the Global Era, Volume I EDITED BY KONSTANTINE BOUDOURIS & MIKONJA KNEZEVIC
IONIA PUBLICATIONS, ATHENS 2008

The papers published in the present volume were originally presented at the 19th International Conference of Philosophy on the problem of paideia in our global age. The Conference took place in Island of Samos (Pythagorion, 15th to 21st of July 2007), the birth place of Pythagoras. The Pythagorean Philosophy School was famous of introducing new kind of paideia, consonant with the Pythagorean doctrines and views about the world and so they created a new way of life.

The Conference provided a philosophical forum for exploring the principles, values, purposes, aims and the means of paideia, and more broadly of education, nurturing, and upbringing, within the framework of the common issues and problems that all corners of the world face in the present era of globalisation. In the present collection of papers many questions are raised and discussed and important problems related to a number of issues, referring directly to the philosophy of education, are clarified. Understandably the issues examined in the framework of the dialectical aspect of the Conference are only partially represented in the texts of the published volumes.

For this reason it is advisable that the articles in the present volume should be studied in conjunction with the papers contained in the other two volumes on the concept of paideia and the philosophy of education in the global era, also published by Ionia publications (Paideia:Education in the Global era, Volume II, Ionia Publications, Athens 2008 and ��: � �� , �� , �� 2008).

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION BY K. BOUDOURIS 9
2. JOHN P. ANTON PAIDEIA: THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP 19
3. LINDA ARDITO PERSPECTIVES ON ACADEMIC RESEARCH: CONTEXTS FOR EDUCATION IN THE GLOBAL ERA 28
4. NASSOULA BARBARIGOU THE UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN NATURE AS FOUNDATION FOR INSTRUCTION AND PAIDEIA 44
5. SONIA DIMITRIADIS THE MODERN IMPORT OF CLASSICAL EDUCATION 59
6. DONNA DORSEY CAN AND SHOULD PAIDEIA RESIST ETHICAL RELATIVISM? 67
7. VERONIQUE FOTI THE AESTHETIC DIMENSION OF PAIDEIA IN PLATO'S REPUBLIC 77
8. MICHAEL HOPPMANN THE ROLE OF THE DISPUTATION IN MODERN EDUCATION 88
9. ANTHONY K. JENSEN PAIDEIA AND BILDUNG: APPROPRIATIONS OF GREECE FOR PEDAGOGY IN FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE AND WILHELM VON HUMBOLDT 95
10. KOSTAS KALIMTZIS NURTURING THE THUMOS 105
11. MICHELE KENNERLY CONVERSATION ON EDUCATION IN CICERO'S DE OFFICIIS 110
12. CHRISTOPHER C. KIRBY EDUCATION AND AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL REBIRTH: GREEK PAIDEIA, CHINESE XUE, AND DEWEYAN GROWTH 115
13. CHRISTOPHER KURFESS A SERIOUS EDUCATION FOR WOMEN IN ARISTOTLE'S POLITICS? 126
14. ANASTASIOS LADIKOS PLATONIC VIEWS ON PUNISHMENT AS AN EFFICIENT TOOL OF EDUCATION 134
15. JOANNIS N. MARKOPOULOS CONTEMPORARY EDUCATION AND ITS RELATION TO THE SOPHISTIC THOUGHT 146
16. PAVLOS MICHAELIDES HEIDEGGER ON TEACHING AND LEARNING IN MODERNITY 152
17. MOHAMMAD HASAN MIRZAMOHAMMADI PLATO'S EDUCATIONAL VIEW POINTS AND THE ERA OF GLOBALISATION 166
18. HORST PFEIFFLE THE FUTURE OF HUMANIST EDUCATION 171
19. RICHARD L. PURTILL DIALOGUES AS A METHOD OF TEACHING PHILOSOPHY 181
20. JEREMIAH REEDY THE FAILURE OF PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION AND THE RETURN TO CLASSICAL MODELS 187
21. DEBIKA SAHA THE NEED FOR UNIVERSAL EDUCATION IN THE EMERGING AGE OF GLOBAL SOCIETY 202
22. INNA SEMETSKY RESOLVING THE SOCRATIC PARADOX: A SEMIOTIC APPROACH 207
23. MARY M. SNOW & RICHARD K. SNOW EVOLUTION OF THE AMERICAN ECOLOGICAL PAIDEIA 222
24. ALEXANDROS THEODORIDIS THE ETHOS OF MORTALITY AS THE FOUNDATION OF DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION 238
25. ROBERT ZABOROWSKI EMOTIONS ET LIBERTE DANS LA PAIDEIA - PERSPECTIVES ANCIENNE ET MODERNE: ENTRE PLATON ET CLAPAR�DE 250
INDEX OF NAMES 264

1.		INTRODUCTION BY K. BOUDOURIS	9
2.	JOHN P. ANTON	PAIDEIA: THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP	19
3.	LINDA ARDITO	PERSPECTIVES ON ACADEMIC RESEARCH: CONTEXTS FOR EDUCATION IN THE GLOBAL ERA	28
4.	NASSOULA BARBARIGOU	THE UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN NATURE AS FOUNDATION FOR INSTRUCTION AND PAIDEIA	44
5.	SONIA DIMITRIADIS	THE MODERN IMPORT OF CLASSICAL EDUCATION	59
6.	DONNA DORSEY	CAN AND SHOULD PAIDEIA RESIST ETHICAL RELATIVISM?	67
7.	VERONIQUE FOTI	THE AESTHETIC DIMENSION OF PAIDEIA IN PLATO'S REPUBLIC	77
8.	MICHAEL HOPPMANN	THE ROLE OF THE DISPUTATION IN MODERN EDUCATION	88
9.	ANTHONY K. JENSEN	PAIDEIA AND BILDUNG: APPROPRIATIONS OF GREECE FOR PEDAGOGY IN FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE AND WILHELM VON HUMBOLDT	95
10.	KOSTAS KALIMTZIS	NURTURING THE THUMOS	105
11.	MICHELE KENNERLY	CONVERSATION ON EDUCATION IN CICERO'S DE OFFICIIS	110
12.	CHRISTOPHER C. KIRBY	EDUCATION AND AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL REBIRTH: GREEK PAIDEIA, CHINESE XUE, AND DEWEYAN GROWTH	115
13.	CHRISTOPHER KURFESS	A SERIOUS EDUCATION FOR WOMEN IN ARISTOTLE'S POLITICS?	126
14.	ANASTASIOS LADIKOS	PLATONIC VIEWS ON PUNISHMENT AS AN EFFICIENT TOOL OF EDUCATION	134
15.	JOANNIS N. MARKOPOULOS	CONTEMPORARY EDUCATION AND ITS RELATION TO THE SOPHISTIC THOUGHT	146
16.	PAVLOS MICHAELIDES	HEIDEGGER ON TEACHING AND LEARNING IN MODERNITY	152
17.	MOHAMMAD HASAN MIRZAMOHAMMADI	PLATO'S EDUCATIONAL VIEW POINTS AND THE ERA OF GLOBALISATION	166
18.	HORST PFEIFFLE	THE FUTURE OF HUMANIST EDUCATION	171
19.	RICHARD L. PURTILL	DIALOGUES AS A METHOD OF TEACHING PHILOSOPHY	181
20.	JEREMIAH REEDY	THE FAILURE OF PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION AND THE RETURN TO CLASSICAL MODELS	187
21.	DEBIKA SAHA	THE NEED FOR UNIVERSAL EDUCATION IN THE EMERGING AGE OF GLOBAL SOCIETY	202
22.	INNA SEMETSKY	RESOLVING THE SOCRATIC PARADOX: A SEMIOTIC APPROACH	207
23.	MARY M. SNOW & RICHARD K. SNOW	EVOLUTION OF THE AMERICAN ECOLOGICAL PAIDEIA	222
24.	ALEXANDROS THEODORIDIS	THE ETHOS OF MORTALITY AS THE FOUNDATION OF DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION	238
25.	ROBERT ZABOROWSKI	EMOTIONS ET LIBERTE DANS LA PAIDEIA - PERSPECTIVES ANCIENNE ET MODERNE: ENTRE PLATON ET CLAPAR�DE	250
		INDEX OF NAMES	264