Lexington Books
Pages: 174
Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-7936-1241-0 • Hardback • September 2020 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
978-1-7936-1242-7 • eBook • September 2020 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Colin J. Lewis is instructor of philosophy and director of the Asian studies minor at the University of Colorado.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Adaptation and Education: (Non)nativism and Moral Development
Chapter 2: Education and Moral Education: Vygotsky’s Incomplete Account
Chapter 3: Confucian Ritual: A Definition
Chapter 4: The Ritual Cultivation Model: A Nuanced Interpretation
Chapter 5: Ritual and Moral Education: How and Why it Works
Chapter 6: Is it New? Is it Needed? Ritual’s Place Alongside Other Tools
Chapter 7: Orthopraxy and Intuition: The Importance of a Ritual Framework
Chapter 8: Developing Promoral Classrooms: Adding Ritual to the Toolkit
Bibliography
"Confucian Ritual and Moral Education explores ways in which Confucian ritual can augment and enhance contemporary moral education. Drawing upon modern developmental theory and theory of education, it provides an original and revealing account of how Confucian ritual achieves its aim to reshape character. Through a sympathetic, creative, and careful application of Confucian ritual to the challenges of moral improvement, it shows how ritual theory and practice constitute valuable resources for the modern world. The author demonstrates a masterful command of a wide range of disciplines and approaches and has produced a book that will be of interest to anyone concerned with the practical challenges of moral education."
— Philip J. Ivanhoe, Georgetown University