CONSERVATIVE WOMEN: BRIDGING DIVIDES THROUGH MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE
CONSERVATIVE WOMEN: BRIDGING DIVIDES THROUGH MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE
Author(s): Martha C. BeckSubject(s): Social Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk i Fundacja Filozofia na Rzecz Dialogu
Keywords: Socrates; virtues; Carl Jung; liberal arts; MacArthur Foundation; APA; elite education; Robert Putnam; Alexis de Toqueville; promiscuity; Martha Nussbaum; John Dewey; religion; Krista Tippett; Sherlan
Summary/Abstract: In response to the rise of conservative women, the author engaged in a long and meaningful Socratic dialogue with two self-identified conservative women. The paper describes the conversation (approved by participants), then analyzes it according to various political trends, Jungian and other psychological theories, the author’s dialecti- cal teaching methodology, the value of a traditional liberal arts education and the failure of the intellectual elite in the past 50 years to create and sustain meaningful friendships with fellow citizens from all social sectors and educational levels. Athenian democracy also degenerated into authoritarianism because of the professional elite’s corruption and/or detachment.
Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 71-91
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
