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OverviewWhy pursue a university education? Some people answer in terms of the purpose of getting a good job. Others respond in terms of the aim of earning more money. Still others answer in terms of the goal of promoting social justice. Drawing on C. S. Lewis’s belief that the purpose of life is the experience of perfect happiness, Stewart Goetz explains Lewis’s simple but overlooked view that a person should pursue a university education for the pleasure that comes from higher-level intellectual activity. Goetz not only sharpens our understanding of Lewis’s life and work in higher education, but also leads us to question why we attend, study, teach, or research at a university. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Professor Stewart GoetzPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic ISBN: 9781350355125ISBN 10: 1350355127 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 19 October 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsVery few Lewis scholars capture the richness of Lewis’s thought in the way Owen Barfield described it: “somehow what he thought about everything was secretly present in what he said about anything.” In his provocative and illuminating treatment of Lewis’s view of higher education, Goetz has done exactly that. * Justin D. Barnard, Professor of Philosophy, Union University, USA * Thoughtful and thought-provoking. Stewart Goetz provides an important contribution both to Lewis scholarship and to the wider conversation about the purpose and value of education. * Michael Ward, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford, UK * Very few Lewis scholars capture the richness of Lewis's thought in the way Owen Barfield described it: somehow what he thought about everything was secretly present in what he said about anything. In his provocative and illuminating treatment of Lewis's view of higher education, Goetz has done exactly that. * Justin D. Barnard, Professor of Philosophy, Union University, USA * Thoughtful and thought-provoking. Stewart Goetz provides an important contribution both to Lewis scholarship and to the wider conversation about the purpose and value of education. * Michael Ward, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford, UK * Thoughtful and thought-provoking. Stewart Goetz provides an important contribution both to Lewis scholarship and to the wider conversation about the purpose and value of education. * Michael Ward, Associate Member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford, UK * Very few Lewis scholars capture the richness of Lewis's thought in the way Owen Barfield described it: somehow what he thought about everything was secretly present in what he said about anything. In his provocative and illuminating treatment of Lewis's view of higher education, Goetz has done exactly that. * Justin D. Barnard, Professor of Philosophy, Union University, USA * Author InformationStewart Goetz is the Ross Frederick Wicks Distinguished Professor in Philosophy and Religion at Ursinus College, USA. He is the Series Editor of Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy of Religion. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |