School Authority, Parents' Rights: Rita Koganzon on Early Modern Education
Americans have always had mixed emotions about schooling: in popular literature and television, teachers are often depicted as tyrannical authorities, even as in classroom settings they often try to style themselves as "friends." Dr.\xa0Rita Koganzon, professor of political science at the University of Houston, discusses the history of the idea of authority in education, dwelling on Enlightenment thinkers like Locke, Rousseau, and Bodin. Along the way, she covers contemporary issues like homeschooling and parents' rights, and how attitudes towards those concepts have changed from the Early Modern period to the present.\xa0\nKoganzon is the author of\xa0Liberal States,\xa0Authoritarian Families: Childhood and Education in Early Modern Thought\xa0(Oxford UP,\xa0\xa02021). Also see her recent article\xa0"There Is No Such Thing as a Banned Book: Censorship, Authority, and the School Book Controversies of the 1970s."\n\ufeffAnnika Nordquist\xa0is the Communications Coordinator of Princeton University\u2019s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions and host of the Program\u2019s podcast,\xa0Madison\u2019s Notes.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies