Liberal Education and Civic Well-Being in Canada

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A Reappraisal of “Bankrupt Education"

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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In this book, nineteen scholars defend liberal education’s role in forming free and thoughtful citizens, particularly in the Canadian context. The collection begins from the path-breaking Bankrupt Education: The Decline of Liberal Education in Canada written thirty years ago by Peter C. Emberley and Waller R. Newell. They argue that the forces of modernity have fragmented into the political left and right, each pole seeking in its own way to liberate Canadians from their past, resulting in cultural amnesia, rootlessness, and malaise. These forces have only intensified in our day, making liberal education’s recovery seem even more daunting now than when Emberley and Newell sent out their clarion call for reform and recovery. Without returning to the goals of liberal education, including the formation of civic and intellectual virtues, the education system threatens our liberal democratic foundations. This book presents a timely revisiting of the importance of liberal education in Canada.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-10-25
Mått148 x 210 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783032264138

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Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Enduring Relevance of Bankrupt Education.- Chapter 3: Education Under Siege Erosion and Degradation of the Knowledge Building Curriculum.- Chapter 4: A Reappraisal of Bankrupt Education The Decline of Liberal Education in Canada.- Chapter 5: Classical Academy on the Prairie Francis Fast.- Chapter 6: Contesting the Principle that Virtue can be Taught.- Chapter 7: Liberal Education from an Intercultural Perspective.- Chapter 8: First Principles Final Ends and Contemporary Educational Issues On Recovering Liberal Education.- Chapter 9: Intellectual Virtues and Open Inquiry Keys to Student Flourishing.- Chapter 10: What Happens When the People Stop Reading and Writers Stop Writing to be Read.- Chapter 11: Liberal Education and Transcendence.- Chapter 12: From Politically Correct to Woke Bankrupt Education and the Decline of Academic Freedom.- Chapter 13: Bringing Liberal Education Out of Receivership Environmental Crisis and Transcendence.- Chapter 14: George Grant and the Love of Learning.- Chapter 15: Chapter Proposal John Stuart Mill and the Canadian Founding Debates.- Chapter 16: Stephen Leacock and George Grant The Decline of the Classical Humanities.- Chapter 17: Conclusion.