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OverviewThis 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: T. LacyPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 5.219kg ISBN: 9780230337466ISBN 10: 0230337465 Pages: 324 Publication Date: 26 November 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. 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, 1988-2001Reviewsto come 'This portrait of Mortimer Adler and his movement is distinguished by its fairness, insight, and awareness of the context of modern American culture. It is a heroic story of egalitarian education - complete with heroic flaws and a tragic ending.' - Jonathan Rose, author of The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes 'What is a 'Great Book, ' and why should you read one? Tim Lacy has produced our first truly historical account of the Great Books movement and of Mortimer Adler, its brilliant and flawed proponent and icon. Along the way, he also sheds new light on the 'Culture Wars' that have flared across American education since the 1960s. No matter how you answer Lacy's question about Great Books, his own superb book will provide an indispensable guide to their history, politics, and meaning.' - Jonathan Zimmerman, Professor of Education and History, New York University, USA, and author of Whose America?: Culture Wars in the Public Schools 'Since the culture wars of the '80s, Mortimer Adler and the Great Books idea have been associated with a conservative or traditionalist view of the academic humanities. In this provocative book, Tim Lacy shows how ill-informed this view is by reconstructing the bracingly progressive and democratic vision behind Adler's work.' - Gerald Graff, Author of Clueless in Academe 'By taking such a careful and judicious look at the Great Books idea and its critics, Tim Lacy relates an important chapter in the history of debates and ideas about the relation of liberal education to democratic citizenship culminating in the 1990s 'culture wars.' He brings clarity to the often gnarled nexus of strivings for excellence and rigor, on the one hand, and accessibility and equality, on the other. These impulses, assumed perennially to be mutually exclusive, have led to what is so far intractable paradox at the heart of the American experience. One implication of Lacy's interesting story is that, to be meaningful and c Author InformationTim 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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