America, the West, and Liberal Education

Herausgeber: Hancock, Ralph C

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The essays in America, the West, and Liberal Education attempt to advance our understanding of the proper purposes of liberal education in America by exploring the relationship between the free pursuit of truth and the practical ends embedded in a particular tradition or political community.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 149mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 268g
• ISBN-13: 9780847692316
• ISBN-10: 0847692310
• Artikelnr.: 21227969

Autorenporträt

Ralph C. Hancock is professor of political science at Brigham Young University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: America
the West
and Liberal Education Chapter 2 Liberal Education and the Idea of the West Chapter 3 Liberal Education in the Confines of the Liberal Tradition Chapter 4 Diversity
Canons
and Cultures Chapter 5 Tocqueville on Liberal Education and American Democracy Chapter 6 Conservatism
Liberalism and the Curriculum: Notes on an American Dilemma Chapter 7 The Young
the Good
and the West Chapter 8 The Religious University and Liberal Education Chapter 9 Conclusion: Of Liberty and Liberal Education Chapter 10 Index Chapter 11 About the Contributors