| FT-53445-05 | Research Programs: Summer Stipends | Lynee Lewis Gaillet | George Jardine: Champion of the Democratic Intellect in the Scottish Enlightenment | 6/1/2005 - 8/31/2005 | $5,000.00 | Lynee | Lewis | Gaillet | | | | Georgia State University | Atlanta | GA | 30303-3011 | USA | 2005 | Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Summer Stipends | Research Programs | 5000 | 0 | 5000 | 0 |
I wish to produce a book-length historical reconstruction and analysis of George Jardine's works and sphere of influence in Great Britain and America. Heralded as the "contemporary spokesman for the Scottish [educational] system" (Chitnis), Jardine's educational plan merits scholarly attention. An examination of Jardine's works reveals a philosophical rationale and practical teaching plan for expanding introductory college classes to include components of what we now label enlightenment rhetoric. This study will offer rich insights into eighteenth- and nineteenth-century rhetorical theory and practice, while providing opportunities for present-day research in composition pedagogy, the rhetoric of science and religion, and political and social rhetoric. |