Teaching Political Theory: Meaning through Metaphor
Teaching Political Theory: Meaning through Metaphor
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政治理论教学：隐喻的意义
DOI：
10.1080/00193089.1984.10533868
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1984
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J. Best
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J. Best
如果我不得不向我的政治理论学生陈述我的最终目标，我就不得不引用乔治·桑塔亚纳的话，他说：“除了最好的希腊人之外，几乎没有人意识到成为理性动物的甜蜜和荣耀。”我的目标 为什么思考和心灵生活常常受到阻力？为什么学生们认为政治理论一定是一门晦涩难懂的学科？我提供一个概括。大多数人都觉得抽象推理很陌生。大多数人至少一开始是怀有敌意的
If I were compelled to state my ultimate goal for my political theory students I'd have to quote George Santayana, who said, "Hardly anybody except possibly the Greeks at their best has realized the sweetness and glory of being a rational animal." My goal for my Why is it that there is often resistance to thinking, to the life of the mind? Why do students believe that political theory must be an arcane and difficult subject? I offer a generalization. Most minds find abstract reasoning alien. Most minds are at least initially hostile