T. Lacy

The Dream of a Democratic Culture (eBook, PDF)

Mortimer J. Adler and the Great Books Idea

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a moderately revisionist history of the great books idea anchored in the following movements and struggles: fighting anti-intellectualism, advocating for the liberal arts, distributing cultural capital, and promoting a public philosophy, anchored in mid-century liberalism, that fostered a shared civic culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137042620
• Artikelnr.: 46753871

Autorenporträt

Tim Lacy has a PhD in American History from Loyola University Chicago, USA, where he is currently employed. He has taught history at Monmouth College, USA, and several Chicago-area colleges and universities.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Great Books Movement
1920-1948 2. Building Britannica's Great Books of the Western World
1943-1952 3. Making 'Seventy-Four Corpses...Pay Off': The Context and Commerce of the Great Books
1952-1968 4. 'Mixing Vice and Virtue': Adler
Britannica's Cottage Industry
and Mid-century Anxiety 5. The Common Sense of Great Books Liberalism
1965-1970 6. Diminished Dreams: Great Books in an Age of Crisis
Fracture
and Transition
1968-1977 7. 'The Poobah of Popularizers': Paideia
Pluralism
and the Culture Wars
1978-1988 8. 'The Most Rancorous Cultural War': Bloom
Adler
Stanford
and Britannica
1988-2001