In search of the good life : a pedagogy for troubled times / Fred Dallmayr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dallmayr, Fred R. (Fred Reinhard), 1928-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political sociology.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Democracy.

Ethics.

Civics.

Theological virtues.

Physical Description:

xvi, 320 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [2007]

Contents:

Prominent searchers in the past

A pedagogy of the heart: Saint Bonaventure's spiritual itinerary

Walking humbly with your God: Jñanadev and the Warkari movement

Wise ignorance: Nicolaus of Cusa's search for truth

The natural theology of the Chinese: Leibniz and Confucianism

Montesquieu's Persian letters: a timely classic

Beautiful freedom: Schiller on the aesthetic education of humanity

Pedagogy for our troubled times

Why the classics today? Lessons from Gadamer and de Bary

Canons or cannons? On mobilizing global democracy

An end to evil: conquest or moral pedadogy?

Transnational citizenship: paths beyond the nation-state

Religious freedom: preserving the salt of the earth

Love and justice: a memorial tribute to Paul Ricoeur

Appendixes

A. Multiculturalism and the good life: comments on Bhikhu Parekh

B. Modalities of intercultural dialogue: UNESCO at sixty

In a different voice: some afterthoughts on violence

Building peace: how?

Notes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-310) and index.

ISBN:

9780813124575

0813124573

OCLC:

122291572