The figure of Socrates and its significance for liberal education in Asia

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dc.contributor.authorvon Heyking, John
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-16T18:37:07Z
dc.date.available2019-07-16T18:37:07Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionPermission to archive final published version granted by Editoren_US
dc.description.abstractThis essay contributes to the ongoing debate concerning the value of liberal education in East Asia, and how well Western models of liberal education fit with East Asian cultures. It addresses the inadequacy of the two main arguments presented in these debates: 1) utility, whether liberal education provides critical thinking skills to help East Asian countries “catch up” to the West and 2) whether Western liberal education carries with it individualism that is incompatible with East Asian culture. In response to these arguments, this essay considers the figure of Socrates as a transpolitical figure, and a way of considering the place of liberal education in East Asia. Socratic freedom as the ideal of liberal education presents intractable challenges to all political regimes and cultures because it aims higher than their goals and aims. Therefore those interested in liberal education and those responsible for administering institutions where liberal education gets taught need to be attentive to the difference between Socratic freedom and the varying degrees of freedom their respective political societies permit.en_US
dc.description.peer-reviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationvon Heyking, J. (2018). The figure of Socrates and its significance for liberal education in Asia. Cambridge Journal of China Studies, 13(1), 1-22.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5465
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAssociation of Cambridge Studiesen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.subjectSocratesen_US
dc.subjectAsiaen_US
dc.subjectLiberal educationen_US
dc.subjectPoliticsen_US
dc.subjectFreedomen_US
dc.subjectSocratic freedom
dc.subjectPolitical freedom
dc.subjectEast Asian culture
dc.subject.lcshEducation, Humanistic--Asia
dc.subject.lcshEast Asia--Education
dc.subject.lcshEast Asia--Politics and government
dc.titleThe figure of Socrates and its significance for liberal education in Asiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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