The great civilized conversation education for a world community

Having spent decades teaching and researching the humanities, Wm. Theodore de Bary is well-positioned to speak on its merits and reform. Believing a classical liberal education is more necessary than ever, he outlines in these essays a plan to update existing core curricula, incorporating classics f...

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Autor principal: De Bary, Wm. Theodore, 1919-2017 (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press ©2013.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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  • Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; PART I: EDUCATION AND THE CORE CURRICULUM; 1. Education for a World Community; 2. ""Starting on the Road"" with John Erskine & Co.; 3. The Great ""Civilized"" Conversation: A Case in Point; 4. A Shared Responsibility to Past and Future; 5. Asia in the Core Curriculum; 6. What Is ""Classic""?; 7. Classic Cases in Point; PART 2: LIBERAL LEARNING IN CONFUCIANISM; 8. Human Renewal and the Repossession of the Way; 9. Zhu Xi and Liberal Education; 10. Confucian Individualism and Personhood; 11. Zhu Xi's Educational Program.
  • 12. Self and Society in Ming Thought13. The Rise of Neo-Confucianism in Korea; 14. Confucianism and Human Rights; 15. China and the Limits of Liberalism; PART 3: TRIBUTES AND MEMOIRS; 16. Huang Zongxi and Qian Mu; 17. Tang Junyi and New Asia College; 18. Ryusaku Tsunoda, Sensei; 19. Thomas Meron, Matteo Ricci, and Confucianism; Appendix: Wm. Theodore de Bary: A Life in Consultation and Conversation; Notes; Index.