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Western Civilization and the Academy

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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 1.Abounding Anomalies: On the Fragility of the Western Achievement Steven H. Balch 2.The Rise of the Universities and the Revolution of the Middle Ages Toby Huff 3.One Civilization Among Many? Academic Reflections on the West and the Rest Daniel P. Mahoney Part II: Western Civilization and Liberal Learning 4.Life Under Compulsion: Rejecting the Glorious Liberty of the Children of God Anthony Esolen 5.Learning to Be Free: The Connection between Liberal and Civic Education Patrick J. Deneen 6.Can Virtue be Taught? Western Civilization and Moral Formation Robert C. Koons Part III: The Western Canon 7.Classics and Not Hog-Wash Anthony O'Hear 8.Democracy's Hope: Fanny Price in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park Norma Thompson About the Contributors About the Editor
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