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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822651803321

Titolo

Western civilization and the academy / / edited Bradley C.S. Watson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-1756-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (155 p.)

Disciplina

370.11/2

Soggetti

Education, Humanistic - United States

Education, Higher - United States - Philosophy

Civilization, Western - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : reclaiming the vanishing West / Bradley C.S. Watson -- Abounding anomalies : on the fragility of the western achievement / Steven H. Balch -- The rise of the universities and the revolution of the Middle Ages / Toby Huff -- Civilization among many? : academic reflections on the West and the rest / Daniel P. Mahoney -- Life under compulsion : rejecting the glorious liberty of the children of God / Anthony Esolen -- Learning to be free : the connection between liberal and civic education / Patrick J. Deneen -- Can virtue be taught? : western civilization and moral formation / Robert C. Koons -- Classics and not hog-wash / Anthony O'Hear -- Democracy's hope : Fanny Price in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park / Norma Thompson.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a go-to 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.