Democracy and Education: A History from Ancient Athens

Nicholas C. Kyriazis () and Emmanouil-Marios-Lazaros Economou ()
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Nicholas C. Kyriazis: University of Thessaly

A chapter in The University According to Humboldt, 2015, pp 75-84 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the present essay we present first a theoretical model, introducing the term “macroculture” as a long-term set of norms, values, institutions, and organizations that characterize societies. We analyze how a/new democratic macroculture emerged for the first time in the Greek city-states by the end of the sixth century BCE. We then, inspired by Humboldt’s work on education as a condition for the good functioning of democracy, taking a case study, Classical Athens. Athenians were well aware that for a smooth functioning of democracy the citizens, who voted in the Assembly under direct democracy procedures, had to be educated. Thus, they could find good solutions in the decision process of the Assembly. To achieve this, they introduced some ingenious policy measures.

Keywords: Democracy; Education; Classical Athens; Policy measures; A13; A14; N33; Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-13856-5_7

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