Democratic liberty and equality cannot survive without an educated public

Evidence

Even when liberty is thinned to the ideal of crafting one’s own life and equality is reduced to equal opportunity or equal standing before the law — that is, even bracketing more substantive formulations of freedom and equality than those featured by classical political liberalism—can these values survive the evisceration of an educated public? — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 368

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the general thread of this book (neoliberalism as political rationality) and to broader democratic theory debates about the material prerequisites of popular sovereignty. — connects to: Claims that liberal arts education is outmoded presuppose democracy itself is outmoded — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s…, 383; Democratic existence needs wealth limits, public-good citizenship, and discerning citizens — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s…, 365; Liberal arts education is the prerequisite for democratic rule itself — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s…, 397 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Liberal arts education is the prerequisite for democratic rule itself #expands (0.88) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 397
• Mass higher education was meant to cultivate knowingness and humility for democratic citizenship #expands (0.85) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 380
• Claims that liberal arts education is outmoded presuppose democracy itself is outmoded #expands (0.80) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 383
• Democratic existence needs wealth limits, public-good citizenship, and discerning citizens #expands (0.78) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 365
• Public university education reduces authoritarianism through exposure to diversity #exemplifies (0.75) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3832
• Freedom and equality form a fundamental, unresolved antinomy #qualifies (0.70) — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 2567