Lexington Books
Pages: 154
Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-1-4985-1755-3 • Hardback • September 2015 • $102.00 • (£78.00)
978-1-4985-1756-0 • eBook • September 2015 • $96.50 • (£74.00)
Bradley C. S. Watson is Philip M. McKenna professor of politics and co-director of the Center for Political and Economic Thought at Saint Vincent College.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction:Reclaiming the Vanishing WestBradley C. S. Watson Part I: The Western Achievement- Abounding Anomalies: On the Fragility of the Western Achievement
Steven H. Balch- The Rise of the Universities and the Revolution of the Middle Ages
Toby Huff- One Civilization Among Many? Academic Reflections on the West and the Rest
Daniel P. MahoneyPart 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
Patrick J. Deneen- Can Virtue be Taught? Western Civilization and Moral Formation
Robert C. KoonsPart 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 ContributorsAbout the Editor
This is a worthy collection of essays dealing with the crisis of education, bearing on the teaching of the history of Western civilization, and the significance of its resources for civic learning today. The editor has done first-rate work in bringing together insightful contributors who offer engaging and thoughtful reflections on the important issues at stake. Dealing with educational and civic issues of both urgency and consequence for our world today, it is warmly recommended.
— William Desmond, David Cook Chair in Philosophy, Villanova University; Thomas A.F. Kelly Visiting Chair in Philosophy, Maynooth University, Ireland; and professor of philosophy emeritus, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven, Belgium
In Western Civilization and the Academy, Bradley Watson assembles an impressive and diverse array of voices to address the role that higher education has played in the decline—and possible revitalization—of what was once called with sincerity Western civilization. This sparkling collection of essays will change the way you think about the future.
— Michael P. Foley, Baylor University