چیزهای مشترک: مقالاتی دربارهٔ تام‌ئیسم و آموزش

x, 281 pages ; 23 cm > Concerned with the trendy, technocratic, and at times sophistical character of contemporary education at all levels, both public and private, the authors of this collection seek to reinvigorate a Thomistic approach to education appropriate to the problems of our day. With its main inspiration taken from the work of Jacques Maritain, especially his 1943 volume, *Education at the Crossroads* , the collection presents a trenchant critique of the "privacies" of contemporary education, with its emphasis upon the conventional and useful. At the same time, these essays present the outlines of the proper alternative, an education which helps the student "draw out" from himself his desire for truths which transcend the contingencies of culture and utility. Includes bibliographical references and index Concerned with the trendy, technocratic, and at times sophistical character of contemporary education at all levels, both public and private, the authors of this collection seek to reinvigorate a Thomistic approach to education appropriate to the problems of our day. With its main inspiration taken from the work of Jacques Maritain, especially his 1943 Education at the Crossroads , the volume presents a trenchant critique of the "privacies" of contemporary education, with its emphasis upon the conventional and useful. At the same time, the essays present the outlines of the proper alternative, an education which helps students draw out from themselves the desire for truths which transcend the contingencies of culture and utility. Such an education seeks to guide students to "the common things" available to all human beings. The essays uphold an account of man's intellectual and affective capacities which understands these capacities as naturally ordered to truth. The essays approach the task in different but complementary in critiques of contemporary theories of education, in speculative accounts of knowledge and learning, in applications of theory to specific institutional settings, and in discussions of the political contexts governing modern education. In this rich variety of ways, the essays in The Common Things not only point the way back to the crossroads Maritain spoke of fifty years ago; they go on to indicate something of the landscape along the road not taken by contemporary education. ABOUT THE Daniel McInerny is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas/Center for Thomistic Studies in Houston, Texas. THE In addition to the editor, the contributors to the volume Benedict M. Ashley, O.P., Romanus Cessario, O.P., Charles Dechert, Donald DeMarco, Curtis L. Hancock, Gregory J. Kerr, Joseph W. Koterski, S.J., Robert Lauder, Herbert I. London, Robert J. McLaughlin, Daniel McInerny, John M. Palms, Jerome Meric Pessagno, Ernest S. Pierucci, Alice Ramos, Mario Ramos-Reyes, Walter Raubicheck, Peter A. Redpath, Gregory M. Reichberg, James V. Schall, S.J., Francis Slade, Michael W. Strasser, and Henk E. S. Woldring. PRAISE FOR THE "These essays are a considerable addition to Thomistic thought about education." Review of Metaphysics Introduction / Benedict M. Ashley -- [the Private Life Of Themodern Academy] -- Public University And The Common Good / John M. Palms -- The State Of The Academy And The Hope For The Future / Herbert I. London -- The Enlightened Mentality And Academic Freedom / Alice Romas -- Was Ist Aufklr̃ung? Notes On Maritain, Rorty, And Bloom With Thanks But No Apologies To Immanuelkant / Francis Slade -- The Darkening Of The Intellect : Four Ways Of Sinning Against The Light / Donald Demarco -- What Happened To The Catholic University? / Curtis L. Hancock -- The Elements Of Discord : The Sine Qua Non Of Education / Gregory Kerr -- The Catholic College : At The Crossroad Or At The End Of The Road? / Robert J. Mclaughlin -- Maritain : Philosophy, The Catholic University And Truth / Robert E. Lauder -- [manifesting The Common] -- On The Education Of Young Men And Women / James V. Schall -- Studiositas, The Virtue Of Attention / Gregory M. Reichberg -- Education : Restoring The Goal Of Development To The Ideal Of Learning / Joseph Koterski -- John Poinsot : On The Gift Of Counsel / Romanus Cessario -- Learning As Recollection -- A Thomistic Approach To Recovering Higher Education / Peter A. Redpath -- A Humble And Trembling Movement : Creative Intuition And Maritain's Philosophy Of Education / Daniel Mcinerny -- Great Books Business Education / Ernest S. Pierucci -- Arts In Conflict / Michael W. Strasser -- The Freshman Seminar : A History Of The Western University / Walter Raubicheck -- [political Aspects] -- Education For Politics : Knowing, Responsibility, And Cultural Development / Henk E.s. Woldring -- The Multiconfusion Of Multiculturalism / Jerome Meric Pessagno -- Latin American Democracies At The Crossroads / Mario Ramos-reyers -- Truth Values And Cultural Pluralism / Charles R. Dechert. Edited By Daniel Mcinerny ; With An Introduction By Benedict M. Ashley. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "Concerned with the trendy, technocratic, and at times sophistical character of contemporary education at all levels, both public and private, the authors of this collection seek to reinvigorate a Thomistic approach to education appropriate to the problems of our day. With its main inspiration taken from the work of Jacques Maritain, especially his 1943 volume, Education at the Crossroads, the collection presents a trenchant critique of the "privacies" of contemporary education, with its emphasis upon the conventional and useful. At the same time, these essays present the outlines of the proper alternative, an education which helps the student "draw out" from himself his desire for truths which transcend the contingencies of culture and utility."--Jacket