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Western Civilization and the Academy
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Artikel-Nr:
9781498517560
Veröffentl:
2015
Seiten:
154
Autor:
Stephen H. Balch
eBook Typ:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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.
This volume brings together leading thinkers who offer reflections on the place of Western civilization in the academy, at a time when there is indifference or even antipathy toward the study of the West at most institutions of higher learning. Alternative narratives—including multiculturalism, diversity, and sustainability—have come to the fore in the stead of Western civilization. The present volume is designed to explore the roots, extent, and long-term consequences of this educational climate: How and why did undergraduate education turn its back on what was once an important component of its mission? To what extent has such change affected the experience of undergraduates and the ability of colleges to educate citizens of a constitutional republic? What are the likely individual and social outcomes of such a shift in educational priorities? The volume’s theme is, and will continue to be, the subject of national scholarly and media attention.
Acknowledgments
Introduction:Reclaiming the Vanishing West
Bradley C. S. Watson
Part I: The Western Achievement
Part II: Western Civilization and Liberal Learning
Anthony Esolen
Part III: The Western Canon
Anthony O’Hear
Norma Thompson
About the Contributors
About the Editor
Introduction:Reclaiming the Vanishing West
Bradley C. S. Watson
Part I: The Western Achievement
- Abounding Anomalies: On the Fragility of the Western Achievement
- The Rise of the Universities and the Revolution of the Middle Ages
- One Civilization Among Many? Academic Reflections on the West and the Rest
Part II: Western Civilization and Liberal Learning
- 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
- Can Virtue be Taught? Western Civilization and Moral Formation
Part III: The Western Canon
- Classics and Not Hog-Wash
Anthony O’Hear
- Democracy’s Hope: Fanny Price in Jane Austen’s MansfieldPark
Norma Thompson
About the Contributors
About the Editor