02625nam 2200529 450 991082265180332120170918154453.01-4985-1756-0(CKB)3710000000471177(EBL)4086512(SSID)ssj0001545290(PQKBManifestationID)16136681(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001545290(PQKBWorkID)12396653(PQKB)11592209(MiAaPQ)EBC4086512(EXLCZ)99371000000047117720150702h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWestern civilization and the academy /edited Bradley C.S. WatsonLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,[2015]©20151 online resource (155 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4985-1755-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Education, HumanisticUnited StatesEducation, HigherUnited StatesPhilosophyCivilization, WesternPhilosophyEducation, HumanisticEducation, HigherPhilosophy.Civilization, WesternPhilosophy.370.11/2Watson Bradley C. S.1961-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822651803321Western civilization and the academy4006497UNINA