This article traces the historical devaluation of classicism within British academic and intellectual circles in the interwar years. I argue that the political tensions of the 1930s contributed to the movement away from a traditional classical approach and towards one informed by political and civic responsibility. In his novels and essays, Rex Warner’s focus on pedagogy repeatedly suggests that Latin or Greek tutelage, without the necessary focus on the liberal democratic values, can inadvertently bolster right-wing fascistic thought. Concern about classicism’s value within modern democracies is mirrored in interwar debates amongst contemporaneous educational reformers, whose concerns about classicism’s exclusivity would lead to the post-war dissolution of classical entrance exams and the complete reformation of the classics.

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第四个“R”是根深蒂固的信念：雷克斯华纳和修正主义古典主义的政治

本文追溯了两次世界大战期间英国学术界和知识界对古典主义的历史贬值。我认为 1930 年代的政治紧张局势促成了从传统古典方法转向以政治和公民责任为指导的运动。在他的小说和散文中，雷克斯·华纳 (Rex Warner) 对教育学的关注一再表明，拉丁语或希腊语的指导，如果没有必要关注自由民主价值观，可能会在不经意间支持右翼法西斯主义思想。对古典主义在现代民主国家中的价值的担忧反映在同时代教育改革者的两次世界大战之间的辩论中，他们对古典主义的排他性的担忧将导致古典入学考试的战后解散和经典的彻底改革。