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Liberal education, civic education, and the Canadian regime : past principles and present challenges /

"Liberal Education, Civic Education, and the Canadian Regime asks what is the place of a liberal education--that is, studying the great books and Canada's political and philosophy history, as in the tradition of the liberal arts--in the education and development of the idea of citizenship...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Livingstone, David W., 1967- (Autor, Editor )
Otros Autores: Ajzenstat, Janet, 1936-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction / David W. Livingstone
  • When Canadians rewrote their history : discarding "liberty" and embracing "community" / Janet Ajzenstat
  • Liberal education embedded in civic education for responsible government : the case of John George Bourinot / John von Heyking
  • Constituting Canadians : George Brown's confederation address / Geoffrey C. Kellow
  • Thomas D'arcy McGee's civic paideia for Canada / David W. Livingstone
  • Canadian guardian : the educational statesmanship of Egerton Ryerson / Colin D. Pearce
  • Marshall McLuhan, George Grant, and the ancient-modern-Protestant quarrel in Canada / Grant N. Havers
  • Catholic education and the culture of life / Ryan N.S. Topping
  • Liberal education and the democratic soul : lessons from Alexis de Tocqueville / Richard Myers
  • Democracy in Canada : what Tocqueville can teach Canadians / Luigi Bradizza
  • Ties of friendship and citizenship in a globalized world / Leah Bradshaw
  • The Supreme of Court of Canada as moral tutor : religious freedom, civil society, and charter values / Thomas M.J. Bateman
  • The Hobbesian foundations of modern illiberal education / Travis D. Smith
  • Contributors
  • Index.