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America, the West, and liberal education / edited by Ralph C. Hancock.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Humanistic--United States.
- Education, Humanistic.
- United States.
- Education, Higher--United States--Philosophy.
- Education, Higher.
- Philosophy.
- Culture conflict--United States.
- Culture conflict.
- United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Intellectual life.
- Civilization, Western.
- Local Subjects:
- Education, Humanistic--United States.
- Physical Description:
- v, 182 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [1999]
- Summary:
- More than a decade ago, Allan Bloom's 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. Bloom's argument for the Western tradition employed both the rhetoric of knowledge for its own sake, and that of the broadly political uses of education.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0847692302
- 0847692310
- OCLC:
- 39546105
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