The Great Civilized Conversation: Education for a World Community

by William Theodore de Bary and Wm. Theodore de Bary

Book Overview

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 by incorporating classics from both Eastern and Western traditions, thereby bringing the philosophy and moral values of Asian civilizations to American students and vice versa...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231162774
• ISBN13: 9780231162777
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher