Wendell Berry and Higher Education (eBook)

Cultivating Virtues of Place

Jack R. Baker, Jeffrey Bilbro (Autoren)

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2017
251 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-6904-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Why the university should focus on community: "e;An enlightening interpretation of Wendell Berry's philosophy for the pursuit of a holistic higher education."e; -Publishers WeeklyProminent author and cultural critic Wendell Berry is well known for his contributions to agrarianism and environmentalism, but his commentary on education has received comparatively little attention. Yet Berry has been eloquently unmasking America's cultural obsession with restless mobility for decades, arguing that it causes damage to both the land and the character of our communities. The education system, he maintains, plays a central role in this obsession, inculcating in students' minds the American dream of moving up and moving on.Drawing on Berry's essays, fiction, and poetry, Jack R. Baker and Jeffrey Bilbro illuminate the influential thinker's vision for higher education in this path-breaking study. Each chapter begins with an examination of one of Berry's fictional narratives and then goes on to consider how the passage inspires new ways of thinking about the university's mission. Throughout, Baker and Bilbro argue that instead of training students to live in their careers, universities should educate students to inhabit and serve their places. The authors also offer practical suggestions for how students, teachers, and administrators might begin implementing these ideas.Baker and Bilbro conclude that institutions guided by Berry's vision might cultivate citizens who can begin the work of healing their communities-graduates who have been educated for responsible membership in a family, a community, or a polity.

Autor

lt;P>Jack R. Baker is associate professor of English at Spring Arbor University.

Jeffrey Bilbro, assistant professor of English at Spring Arbor University, is the author of Loving God's Wildness: The Christian Roots of Ecological Ethics in American Literature.

Inhalt

Introduction: An Education for Health and HomecomingImagining the Tree of Wisdom: The Recovery of the UniversityStanding by Our Words: Learning a Responsible LanguageDoing Good Work: Enacting Our ImaginationTradition: Remebering Our StoryHierarchy: Practicing Gratitude and Respecting LimitsGeography: Reaping the Fruits of FidelityCommunity: Learning to Love the MembershipConclusion: Doing Work that SustainsHope

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.6.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Culture of the Land
• Vorwort: Wendell Berry
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lernhilfen ► Sekundarstufe I
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Schlagworte: Agrarian • higher education • Place • Virtues • wendell berry
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-6904-6 / 0813169046
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-6904-0 / 9780813169040