45 min
Angel Parham on the Black Intellectual Tradition and Classical Education Books and a Balance
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- Education
The “Great Conversation” of the Western intellectual tradition is sometimes thought to be exclusive or exclusionary, representing a small set of voices and serving the interests of a narrow group of people. But, argues our guest, “diverse strands” have always been present in it. In the American context, some of the greatest Black intellectuals were steeped in this tradition, deeply engaged with its works and ideas, and indeed part of the conversation themselves.
Angel Parham is Associate Professor of Sociology and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. With Anika Prather, she is co-author of The Black Intellectual Tradition: Reading Freedom in Classical Literature. She joins Brendan Boyle to discuss the classical education of some of America’s greatest Black thinkers, debates within the Black community about the form post-emancipation education should take, how the Western “canon” can by more complete by its own lights, and much more.
The Black Intellectual Tradition, (Classical Academic Press, 2022)
The “Great Conversation” of the Western intellectual tradition is sometimes thought to be exclusive or exclusionary, representing a small set of voices and serving the interests of a narrow group of people. But, argues our guest, “diverse strands” have always been present in it. In the American context, some of the greatest Black intellectuals were steeped in this tradition, deeply engaged with its works and ideas, and indeed part of the conversation themselves.
Angel Parham is Associate Professor of Sociology and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. With Anika Prather, she is co-author of The Black Intellectual Tradition: Reading Freedom in Classical Literature. She joins Brendan Boyle to discuss the classical education of some of America’s greatest Black thinkers, debates within the Black community about the form post-emancipation education should take, how the Western “canon” can by more complete by its own lights, and much more.
The Black Intellectual Tradition, (Classical Academic Press, 2022)
45 min