Dream of a Democratic Culture - Mortimer J. Adler and the Great Books Idea

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.

Table des matières

1. The Great Books Movement, 1920-1948 2. Building Britannica's Great Books of the Western World, 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, 1978-1988 8. 'The Most Rancorous Cultural War': Bloom, Adler, Stanford, and Britannica, 1988-2001

A propos de l'auteur

Tim Lacy has a PhD in American History from Loyola University Chicago, USA, where he is currently employed. He has taught history at Monmouth College, USA, and several Chicago-area colleges and universities.

Résumé

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.

Texte suppl.

to come

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: T Lacy, T. Lacy
• Edition: Palgrave UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 26.11.2013
• EAN: 9781349340941
• ISBN: 978-1-349-34094-1
• Pages: 324
• Thèmes: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History; Palgrave Studies in Cultural a; Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History; Palgrave Studies in Cultural a
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Pédagogie > Général, dictionnaires; B, Cultural History, History, Social History, Social & cultural history, History of Education, History of the Americas, Education—History, History, Modern, Civilization—History, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, America—History, United States—History, US History, civic culture;commerce;Transition