
Lee Trepanier
Dean of @AssumptionDCLAS @AssumptionUMA; Editor of Bloomsbury book series Politics, Literature, and Film. Views are my own.
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2 months ago |
leetrepanier.substack.com | Lee Trepanier
The Paradox of PrudenceLike physei dikaion, phronesis also appears to be contradictory. Aristotle defined it as the “ability to deliberate well about what sorts of things conduce to the good life in general” but could produce “no demonstration” of its first principles, even though its particular actions were true in practice” (NE 1140a24-1140b30; 1142a11-30; 1146b35-1146a7).
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2 months ago |
leetrepanier.substack.com | Lee Trepanier
The Recovery of Aristotelian Prudence The recent interest in Aristotelian prudence is part of an overall attempt to recover the notion of judgment in political philosophy and pedagogy as a response to postmodern critics who have questioned the validity of theoretical reasoning and its fusion with practice.27 Convinced of the existence of such a gap, some scholars have looked to political judgment as a way to replace theoretical and scientific reasoning in order to reinforce rather than...
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Mar 29, 2025 |
leetrepanier.substack.com | Lee Trepanier
American Higher EducationBefore delving into the details about prudence and its role in American higher education, a brief history is required in order to illuminate American higher education’s evolving character and how prudence could play a role.
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Mar 22, 2025 |
leetrepanier.substack.com | Lee Trepanier
Since the beginning of this century, there have emerged several books that have spoken about the crisis in American higher education.1 However, what this crisis is and how do institutions best address it remains uncertain.
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Mar 18, 2025 |
leetrepanier.substack.com | Lee Trepanier
The Politics, Literature, & Film series is an interdisciplinary examination of the intersection of politics with literature and/or film. The series is receptive to works that use a variety of methodological approaches, focus on any period from antiquity to the present, and situate their analysis in national, comparative, or global contexts.
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