Western Civilization and the Academy - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1498517552 ISBN 13 : 9781498517553

Editeur : Lexington Books, 2015

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Patrick J. Deneen is assistant professor of political science at Princeton University.

Bradley C. S. Watson holds the Philip M. McKenna Chair in American and Western Political Thought at Saint Vincent College and is author or editor of many books, including Civic Education and Culture, Civil Rights and the Paradox of Liberal Democracy, The West at War, and Living Constitution, Dying Faith: Progressivism and the New Science of Jurisprudence.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lexington Books
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1498517552
• ISBN 13: 9781498517553
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 154
• Éditeur: Watson Bradley C. S.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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