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1 online resource (xiv, 416 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; PART I: EDUCATION AND THE CORE CURRICULUM; 1. Education for a World Community; 2. ""Starting on the Road"" with John Erskine & Co.; 3. The Great ""Civilized"" Conversation: A Case in Point; 4. A Shared Responsibility to Past and Future; 5. Asia in the Core Curriculum; 6. What Is ""Classic""?; 7. Classic Cases in Point; PART 2: LIBERAL LEARNING IN CONFUCIANISM; 8. Human Renewal and the Repossession of the Way; 9. Zhu Xi and Liberal Education; 10. Confucian Individualism and Personhood; 11. Zhu Xi's Educational Program. |
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12. Self and Society in Ming Thought13. The Rise of Neo-Confucianism in Korea; 14. Confucianism and Human Rights; 15. China and the Limits of Liberalism; PART 3: TRIBUTES AND MEMOIRS; 16. Huang Zongxi and Qian Mu; 17. Tang Junyi and New Asia College; 18. Ryusaku Tsunoda, Sensei; 19. Thomas Meron, Matteo Ricci, and Confucianism; Appendix: Wm. Theodore de Bary: A Life in Consultation and Conversation; Notes; Index. |
| Summary |
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, incorporating classics from both Eastern and Western traditions to bring the philosophy and moral values of Asian civilizations to American students, and vice versa. The author establishes a concrete link between teaching the classics of world civilizations and furthering global humanism. Selecting texts that s. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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English. |
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East and West -- Study and teaching.
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East and West. |
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Civilization, Oriental -- Study and teaching.
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Civilization, Oriental -- Study and teaching. |
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Civilization, Oriental. |
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Comparative civilization.
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Comparative civilization. |
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Education, Humanistic.
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Asia -- Civilization -- Study and teaching.
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Asia. |
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China -- Civilization -- Study and teaching.
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Education, Humanistic. |
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Civilization. |
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HISTORY -- World. |
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China. |
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EDUCATION -- Higher. |
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Civilization -- Study and teaching. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: De Bary, Wm. Theodore. Great Civilized Conversation : Education for a World Community. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2013 9780231162760 |
| ISBN |
9780231535106 (electronic book) |
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0231535104 (electronic book) |
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0231162766 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780231162760 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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