Civic Education and the Future of American Citizenship

Herausgeber: Busch, Elizabeth Kaufer; White, Jonathan W.

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Produktbeschreibung

The Founders of this nation believed that the government they were creating required a civically educated populace. Such an education aimed to cultivate enlightened, informed, and vigilant citizens who could perpetuate and improve the nation. Unfortunately, America's contemporary youth seem to lack adequate opportunities, if not also the ability or will, to critically examine the foundations of this nation. An even larger problem is an increasing ambivalence toward education in general. Stepping into this void is a diverse group of educators, intellectuals, and businesspeople, brought together in Civic Education and the Future of American Citizenship to grapple with the issue of civic illiteracy and its consequences. The essays, edited by Elizabeth Kaufer Busch and Jonathan W. White, force us to not only reexamine the goals of civic education in America but also those of liberal education more broadly.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 415g
• ISBN-13: 9780739170564
• ISBN-10: 0739170562
• Artikelnr.: 36398023

Autorenporträt

Edited by Elizabeth Kaufer Busch and Jonathan W. White - Contributions by John Agresto; Mark Bauerlein; Peter A. Benoliel; Jeff Bergner; Bruce Cole; Dana Gioia; E. D. Hirsch; Wilfred M. McClay; Andrea Radasanu; Lisa Spiller and Jonathan Yonan

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Elizabeth Kaufer Busch and Jonathan W. White Part I:
Foundations of Civic and Liberal Education Chapter 1: The Inspiring Idea of
the Common School E. D. Hirsch Chapter 2: Memory and Sacrifice in the
Formation of Civic Consciousness Wilfred M. McClay Chapter 3: Polishing
Barbarous Mores: Montesquieu on Liberalism and Civic Education Andrea
Radasanu Part II: The Changing Landscape of American Civic Life Chapter 4:
American Amnesia Bruce Cole Chapter 5: The Peer Bubble Mark Bauerlein
Chapter 6: Voter Beware: Responsible Voting in an Age of Political
Marketing Jeff Bergner and Lisa Spiller Part III: On the Ends of Liberal
Education Chapter 7: Majoring in Servitude: The Liberal Arts and the
Formation of Citizens Jonathan Yonan Chapter 8: Education To What
End-Vocation or Virtue? Peter A. Benoliel Chapter 9: "Reflection and
Choice": The Liberal Arts and the Foundation of the American Experiment
John Agresto Afterword: The Impoverishment of American Culture Dana Gioia