Stewart Goetz

C.S. Lewis on Higher Education (eBook, PDF)

The Pedagogy of Pleasure

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Why pursue a university education? Some people answer in terms of the purpose of getting a good job. Others respond in terms of the aim of earning more money. Still others answer in terms of the goal of promoting social justice. Drawing on C. S. Lewis's belief that the purpose of life is the experience of perfect happiness, Stewart Goetz explains Lewis's simple but overlooked view that a person should pursue a university education for the pleasure that comes from higher-level intellectual activity. Goetz not only sharpens our understanding of Lewis's life and work in higher education, but also leads us to question why we attend, study, teach, or research at a university.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350355132
• Artikelnr.: 68334519

Autorenporträt

Stewart Goetz is the Ross Frederick Wicks Distinguished Professor in Philosophy and Religion at Ursinus College, USA. His previous books include The Soul Hypothesis (co-edited with Mark Baker, 2011), A Brief History of the Soul (co-authored with Charles Taliaferro, 2011), The Purpose of Life: A Theistic Perspective (2012), The Routledge Companion to Theism (co-edited with Charles Taliaferro and Victoria Harrison, 2012), and A Philosophical Walking Tour with C. S. Lewis (2015). He is the Series Editor of Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy and Religion.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Why Higher Education?
1. The Intrinsic Goodness of Pleasure
2. The Pleasure of Higher Education
3. Higher Education and Being a Christian
4. Higher Education and Naturalism
5. Lewis and Higher Education Today
6. What Do I Think?
Notes
Bibliography
Index