The Relevance of Teachers in Western Modernity
The Relevance of Teachers in Western Modernity: Teachers are the forlorn hope of the culture of western modernity (Alasdair MacIntyre). What did MacIntyre mean by this?
Essay question: Alasdair MacIntyre once wrote that ‘Teachers are the forlorn hope of the culture of western modernity’ (MacIntyre, 1987, p. 16). What did MacIntyre mean by this? To what extent can his claim be supported?
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2. Reference reading:
Books/essays by MacIntyre include:
MacIntyre, A. (2009) The very idea of a university: Aristotle, Newman, and us. British Journal of Educational Studies, 57(4), 347-362.
MacIntyre, A. (2007) The End of Education: The Fragmentation of the American University. MetaNexus. Available at: http://www.metanexus.net/
MacIntyre, A. (1998) Social Science Methodology as the Ideology of Bureaucratic Authority. In K. Knight (Ed.) The MacIntyre Reader. Cambridge: Polity Press.
MacIntyre, A. (1980) Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry: Encyclopaedia, Genealogy and Tradition. London: Duckworth.
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Discussions of (and with) MacIntyre in education:
Dunne, J. (2003) Arguing for Teaching as a Practice: A reply to Alasdair MacIntyre. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 37, 353-369.
Lutz, C. S. (2012) Reading Alasdair MacIntyre’s After Virtue. London: Continuum.
MacAllister, J. (2016) MacIntyre’s Revolutionary Aristotelian Philosophy and his Idea of an Educated Public Revisited. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 50(4), 524-537.
MacIntyre, A. & Dunne, J. (2002) Alasdair MacIntyre on Education: In dialogue with Joseph Dunne. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 36, 1-19.
McMylor, P. (1994) Alasdair MacIntyre: Critic ofModernity. London: Routledge.
Wain, K. (2003) MacIntyre: Teaching, Politics and Practice. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 37(2), 225-239. Wain, K. (1995) MacIntyre and The Idea of an Educated Public. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 14(1), 105-123.
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Discussion of MacIntyre beyond education:
Blackledge, P. and Knight, K., (2011). Virtue and Politics: Alasdair Macintyre’s Revolutionary Aristotelianism. University of Notre Dame Press.
Blackledge, P. (2014) Alasdair MacIntyre as a Marxist and as a critic of Marxism. American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, 88(4), 705 – 724.
Blakely, J. W. (2017) Does Liberalism Lack Virtue? A Critique of Alasdair MacIntyre’s Reactionary Politics. Interpretation- A Journal of Political Philosophy, 44(1), pp. 1-20.
Lutz, S. C. (2012) Reading Alasdair MacIntyre’s After Virtue. London: Continuum. McMylor, P. (1994) Alasdair MacIntyre: Critic ofModernity. London: Routledge
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Answer previewAlasdair McIntyre suggested that the teachers presents the single most hope for the development and preservation of western modernity. The author suggests that teachers in history supported the growth of education in different sectors that acted effective and enough for the growth of modernity. McIntyre suggests that only teachers have the skill to pass down information, skills, and relevant information, especially about western modernity from one generation to the other. The use of Aristotelian praxis, for instance, promoted the application and exercise of realized lessons or theories to realize practical ideas. Teachers in western modernity focus on the use of praxis to promote action among students. Praxis possesses a few conceptual actions that teachers consistently follow (Dunne, 2003). The initiatives…
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