The Erosion of Academic Virtue
Here’s a new paper by Susan Haack feely available in proof form. See also Susan’s thoughts in this festschrift devoted to her work. Liberal educationPhilosophy of Educationsusan haack
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The Wisdom of the Commons
Just published. Adam Smithcivic educationclassical liberalismgeoffrey kellowLiberal educationPlato
Paul Cantor (1945-2022)
I had the honour and the pleasure of meeting Paul at a conference a decade ago in Indianapolis. See Farewell to a Great Shakespearean. classical liberalismLiberal educationpaul cantorshakespeare
Learning the Good Life: Wisdom from the Great Hearts and Minds that Came Before
Keep an eye out for this forthcoming compendium, coedited by the very excellent Jessica Hooten Wilson. Christianityjessica hooten wilsonLiberal educationphilosophical literatureReligion & Spirituality
Oakeshott’s Countercultural Education
The very excellent Elizabeth Corey. [h]e thought that pursuing worldly achievement was a deeply misguided way to live. Like Montaigne, he ruminated at length about mortality as the fundamental condition for human meaning. Elizabeth CoreyLiberal educationPhilosophy of Education
Permanent Crisis: The Humanities in a Disenchanted Age
This book comes highly recommended by people whose work I very much admire. Chad WellmonHumanitiesLiberal artsLiberal educationPaul Reitter
John Henry Newman’s Canonisation
Newman’s canonisation ceremony is set for 13 October 2019. See this article. One of my favorite books is his Grammar of Assent freely available here. Another is his philosophical novel Loss and Gain also freely available. Catholicismgrammar of assentidea of a universityJohn Henry NewmanLiberal educationloss and gainMichael OakeshottPhilosophy of Educationt. s. eliot
On Arriving at a University: Michael Oakeshott
Here is the second piece that Ken Minogue gave me thirty or so years ago. This time it’s a piece by Oakeshott himself. Pardon the markings . . . a clean version can be found in What Is History? And Other Essays. Not that it matters much, but the date for the published version is question-marked…
Three Ideas of the University
The very excellent James Alexander in The European Legacy. Oakeshott’s The Voice of Liberal Learning freely available here. Noel Annan commented that Michael Oakeshott’s “was the finest evocation of the ‘the idea of the university’ since Newman’s; and more subtle and persuasive”. Educationjames alexanderJohn Henry NewmanLiberal artsLiberal educationMichael Oakeshottnoel annanPhilosophy of Education
The calling of social thought: Rediscovering the work of Edward Shils
As someone who is a big fan of Shils I’m very much looking forward to this. edward shilsideologyLiberal educationMichael OakeshottMichael PolanyiSocial theorySociologyStephen TurnerTradition
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