Western Civilization and the Academy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is an essential volume for all those who seek to address the nature of Western civilization and its enduring significance in American education, especially higher education. There are no other single volume works that incorporate the same range of discussion on this topic by leading scholars.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781498517553
• ISBN-10: 1498517552
• Artikelnr.: 42857131

Autorenporträt

Bradley C. S. Watson is Philip M. McKenna professor of politics and co-director of the Center for Political and Economic Thought at Saint Vincent College.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction: Reclaiming the Vanishing West Bradley C. S.
Watson Part I: The Western Achievement 1.Abounding Anomalies: On the
Fragility of the Western Achievement Steven H. Balch 2.The Rise of the
Universities and the Revolution of the Middle Ages Toby Huff 3.One
Civilization Among Many? Academic Reflections on the West and the Rest
Daniel P. Mahoney Part II: Western Civilization and Liberal Learning 4.Life
Under Compulsion: Rejecting the Glorious Liberty of the Children of God
Anthony Esolen 5.Learning to Be Free: The Connection between Liberal and
Civic Education Patrick J. Deneen 6.Can Virtue be Taught? Western
Civilization and Moral Formation Robert C. Koons Part III: The Western
Canon 7.Classics and Not Hog-Wash Anthony O'Hear 8.Democracy's Hope: Fanny
Price in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park Norma Thompson About the Contributors
About the Editor