After the Interregnum

Deneen contemplates the future of higher education and the fate of the West. For those who believe that the rejection of the classical and Christian understanding of liberty is the source of a plethora of contemporary woes from the treatment of the world and the human body as mere material for hedon...

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Published in:Academic questions 2014-12, Vol.27 (4), p.368-375
Main Author: Deneen, Patrick J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Colleges & universities
Deneen, Patrick J
Education
Education, Higher
Educational Philosophy
God and Guns
Higher Education
History
Human body
Learning
Liberty
Multicultural Education
Outcomes of Education
Political aspects
Quality of education
Religious aspects
Social aspects
Universities
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Summary:Deneen contemplates the future of higher education and the fate of the West. For those who believe that the rejection of the classical and Christian understanding of liberty is the source of a plethora of contemporary woes from the treatment of the world and the human body as mere material for hedonism, to the incoherence of the simultaneous emphasis in the academy on social justice and utilitarian materialism it is a perilous time. But civilizations have declined before, and from the ashes have arisen chastened and often better ways. In the meantime, all this makes ever more crucial the task of the institutions that still maintain an understanding of the older ideal of liberty religiously-affiliated colleges and universities, and organizations and institutions dedicated to classical learning. They must endeavor ever more mightily to keep alive the ideals of the liberal arts and to continue educating the rising generations in the art of being free.
ISSN:0895-4852
1936-4709
DOI:10.1007/s12129-014-9452-1