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America, the West, and Liberal Education
Ralph C. . Ed(S): Hancock
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Description for America, the West, and Liberal Education
Paperback. The essays in America, the West, and Liberal Education attempt to advance our understanding of the proper purposes of liberal education in America by exploring the relationship between the free pursuit of truth and the practical ends embedded in a particular tradition or political community. Editor(s): Hancock, Ralph C. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
More than a decade ago, Allan BloomOs The Closing of the American Mind raised the philosophical stakes of the debate concerning the proper role of the study of the great books in higher education. BloomOs argument for the Western tradition employed both the rhetoric of knowledge for its own sake, and that of the broadly political uses of education. But the question of the precise relationship between the intellectual and the moral-political ends of liberal education was not BloomOs theme; though he clearly opposed the political radicalization of the curriculum espoused by many who styled themselves post modernists, he may ... Read more
More than a decade ago, Allan BloomOs The Closing of the American Mind raised the philosophical stakes of the debate concerning the proper role of the study of the great books in higher education. BloomOs argument for the Western tradition employed both the rhetoric of knowledge for its own sake, and that of the broadly political uses of education. But the question of the precise relationship between the intellectual and the moral-political ends of liberal education was not BloomOs theme; though he clearly opposed the political radicalization of the curriculum espoused by many who styled themselves post modernists, he may ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847692316
SKU
V9780847692316
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About Ralph C. . Ed(S): Hancock
Ralph C. Hancock is professor of political science at Brigham Young University.
Reviews for America, the West, and Liberal Education
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