Classical Education and Darwinism: Tadeusz Zielinski's Attempt at Reconciliation

Autor/in	Jakobidze-Gitman, Alexander
Titel	Classical Education and Darwinism: Tadeusz Zielinski's Attempt at Reconciliation
Quelle	In: History of Education, 51 (2022) 5, S.611-630 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Jakobidze-Gitman, Alexander)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0046-760X
DOI	10.1080/0046760X.2021.2012602
Schlagwörter	Educational History; Classical Languages; Greek; Latin; Publications; Elementary Secondary Education; Social Status; Advantaged; Scientific Principles; Political Attitudes; Educational Philosophy; Humanities; Evolution; Social Change; Violence; Social Action; Social Systems; Foreign Countries; Russia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Grieche; Griechisch; Latein; Sozialer Status; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Geisteswissenschaften; Humanwissenschaften; Sozialer Wandel; Gewalt; Soziales Handeln; Social system; Soziales System; Ausland; Russland
Abstract	Written by a Polish-Russian scholar Tadeusz Zielinski, "Our Debt to Antiquity" (1903) was a successful attempt to combat the prejudiced view that classical education resists progress. Zielinski argued that Darwinian laws manifest themselves in his discipline in three aspects: (1) in the emergence of Greek and Latin languages as a result of the selection of word-forms and expressions that testify to certain features of national character; (2) in the persistence of classical education across many centuries as the 'fittest' educational system; (3) in the selection of schoolchildren for national elites. Although Zielinski's application of Darwinian laws of selection to human society may appear reactionary to a modern reader, this article argues that in doing so he defends classical education both from the left-wing populists and from attempts at abuse from the right. Moreover, his thoughts prompt modern scholars to reflect on the real presence of Social Darwinism in our present educational system. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01