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Western Civilization and the Academy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (155 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498517560
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Western Civilization and the AcademyDDC classification:
  • 370.11/2
LOC classification:
  • LC1011 -- .W46 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I: The Western Achievement -- 1 Abounding Anomalies -- 2 The Rise of the Universities and the Revolution of the Middle Ages -- 3 One Civilization among Many? -- II: Western Civilization and Liberal Learning -- 4 Life Under Compulsion: Rejecting the Glorious Liberty of the Children of God -- 5 Learning to Be Free -- 6 Can Virtue be Taught? -- III: The Western Canon -- 7 Classics and Not Hog-Wash -- 8 Democracy's Hope -- Index -- About the Contributors -- About the Editor.
Summary: 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.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I: The Western Achievement -- 1 Abounding Anomalies -- 2 The Rise of the Universities and the Revolution of the Middle Ages -- 3 One Civilization among Many? -- II: Western Civilization and Liberal Learning -- 4 Life Under Compulsion: Rejecting the Glorious Liberty of the Children of God -- 5 Learning to Be Free -- 6 Can Virtue be Taught? -- III: The Western Canon -- 7 Classics and Not Hog-Wash -- 8 Democracy's Hope -- Index -- About the Contributors -- About the Editor.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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