Prizing the Pre-Political: Raising Up a Generation to Be Engaged Citizens in a Thick Culture

Are you weary of the way that politics has seemed to seep into every corner of our lives, including in the education of even our youngest children? Ty Fischer and Veritas Dean of Students and humanities teacher Graham Dennis talk about the valuing a “pre-political” education, and what that looks like as we seek to cultivate a generation who can discuss an array of difficult topics with confidence, respect, and clarity. The discussion dives all the way back to the Ancient origins of the word politics and meanders into the modern era, helping us to discern how we can raise today's youth to be free thinking citizens who can rise above the mud slinging of today's political ideas.

Books referenced in this episode include:

• Dorothy Sayers - The Mind of the Maker

• Plato - The Republic

• The Writings of Justin Martyr

• Russel Kirk - Edmund Burke: A Genius Reconsidered

• Josef Pieper - Leisure: The Basis of Culture