About Lee Trepanier

Lee Trepanier is a Professor of Political Science at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama where he teaches political philosophy, constitutional law, and American Politics. His research is in Eric Voegelin; Politics and Literature; Religion and Politics; Democracy and Education; and Teaching and Learning Political Science. He is also the editor of the Lexington Books series Politics, Literature, and Film and the academic website, VoegelinView.

Teaching in an Age of Ideology: Eric Voegelin

By |2019-11-07T12:08:44-06:00January 6th, 2013|Categories: Education, Eric Voegelin, Ideology|Tags: |

In my last post about teaching in an age of ideology, I proposed that one needs to illuminate to students about how to live according to the true, the beautiful, and the good. Now what exactly constitutes these goods has elicited an array of different responses from some of the most prominent thinkers as teachers in this [...]

Read More

Teaching in an Age of Ideology

By |2015-05-19T23:10:18-05:00December 22nd, 2012|Categories: Classics, Education, Ideology, Socrates|Tags: |

What does it mean to teach in an age of ideology? At first glance, especially for conservatives, the answer appears to be obvious: to advocate for conservative ideas and principles against the prevailing ideologies of relativism, feminism, multiculturalism, and other “politically correct” dogmas that dominate the institutions of American higher education today. Alternatively, if you [...]

Read More

The Imaginative Conservative is sponsored by The Free Enterprise Institute (a U.S. 501(c)3 tax exempt organization). Your donation to the Institute in support of The Imaginative Conservative is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. (Gifts may be made online or by check mailed to the Institute at 9600 Long Point Rd., Suite 300, Houston, TX, 77055.)

Copyright © The Imaginative Conservative | All Rights Reserved | The views expressed in essays are those of their authors and do not necessarily represent the views of The Imaginative Conservative or its publisher or its editor. | Login | Site Design by Kickstart Media  
Go to Top