Moral upbringing through the arts and literature / edited by Pawel Kazmierczak and Jolanta Rzegocka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kazmierczak, Pawel

Contributor:

Kaźmierczak, Paweł, 1970- editor.

Rzegocka, Jolanta, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature and morals.

Arts and morals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

Mark Twain, the great American writer of the South whose characters struggle with difficult choices, famously said: "Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other." Taking Twain's phrase as a starting point, this book considers how literature and art explore different systems of values and principles of conduct, and how they can teach us to cope at times of trial.Morality remains one of the most contested areas of thought and ethics in the modern world, due to numerous misapprehensions and the move away from solidarity, from what we share and hold in common, particularly our inherent pursuit of virtue and consideration of principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong, good and bad. Featuring essays by scholars from countries which have seen traditions of virtue and character formation perish in the course of tragic social experiments, this book highlights the role of literature and arts in educating about virtues and character, in both a regional and global context. The volume offers philosophical analysis of moral education and engages with the literary canon, discussing the ways in which virtue was taught and can still be taught with Aristotle as one of the regained "tools of learning."The essays span countries from England, Spain, Italy and Belgium to the USA, Costa Rica, ancient China and Israel, with Poland, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Central Europe receiving considerable coverage. They address themes of virtue and character formation from the Bronze Age to the present and serve as inspiring reading for educators, literary scholars, historians, ethicists, artists and active readers.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part One. Art in Moral Education

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Part Two. The Moral Impact of Speech and Literature

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Part Three. The Philosophy of Moral Education

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Part Four. Jesuits as Artistic and Moral Educators

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Part Five. The Role of Women in Art and Literature

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5275-2373-X

OCLC:

1079759588