A Canon for Whom? A Canon for What?: A Response to Adam Kotsko

Since age six, my parents gave me the task of getting familiar with a series of ancient Chinese philosophical and literary texts, such as the Analects of Confucius (...), the Great Learning (...) and A Selection of Chinese Classical Essays (...) According to Kotsko, the Great Books tradition starts...

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Published in:Australian humanities review 2016-11 (60), p.N_A
Main Author: Zhang, Luoshu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American literature
British & Irish literature
Capitalism
Confucius (551-479 BC)
Culture
English literature
Faulkner, William (1897-1962)
Higher education
Humanities
Huxley, Aldous (1894-1963)
Irish literature
Joyce, James (1882-1941)
Postcolonialism
Traditions
Woolf, Virginia (1882-1941)
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Summary:Since age six, my parents gave me the task of getting familiar with a series of ancient Chinese philosophical and literary texts, such as the Analects of Confucius (...), the Great Learning (...) and A Selection of Chinese Classical Essays (...) According to Kotsko, the Great Books tradition starts from the premise that 'every college student should engage with primary texts of enduring importance' as higher education becomes increasingly specialised. What do college students really need? A reading list that helps them to better understand the developmental trajectory of the Western world, or one that enables them to see the diversity of cultures and societies as well as the overlapping territories and the internal connectedness that ultimately define us as human beings?
ISSN:1325-8338
1325-8338