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The Dream of a Democratic Culture : Mortimer J. Adler and the Great Books Idea / by T. Lacy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lacy, T., Author.
- Series:
- Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History, 2945-6649
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--History.
- Education.
- Civilization--History.
- Civilization.
- Social history.
- America--History.
- America.
- United States--History.
- United States.
- History, Modern.
- History of Education.
- Cultural History.
- Social History.
- History of the Americas.
- US History.
- Modern History.
- Local Subjects:
- History of Education.
- Cultural History.
- Social History.
- History of the Americas.
- US History.
- Modern History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2013.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book presents a moderately revisionist history of the great books idea anchored in the following movements and struggles: fighting anti-intellectualism, advocating for the liberal arts, distributing cultural capital, and promoting a public philosophy, anchored in mid-century liberalism, that fostered a shared civic culture.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Introduction; 1 The Great Books Movement, 1920-1948; 2 Branding the History of Ideas: Adler, Lovejoy, and Britannica's Great Books, 1943-1952; 3 Making "Seventy-Four Corpses . . . Pay Off": The Context and Commerce of the Great Books, 1952-1968; 4 "Mixing Vice and Virtue": Adler, Britannica's Cottage Industry, and Mid-Century Anxiety; 5 The Common Sense of Great Books Liberalism, 1965-1970; 6 Diminished Dreams: Great Books in an Age of Crisis, Fracture, and Transition, 1968-1977
- 7 "The Poobah of Popularizers": Paideia, Pluralism, and the Culture Wars, 1978-19888 "The Most Rancorous Cultural War": Bloom, Adler, Stanford, and Britannica, 1988-2001; Coda and Conclusion: Lessons for the Twenty-First Century; Appendices; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781349340941
- 1349340944
- 9781137042620
- 1137042621
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