In search of the good life : a pedagogy for troubled times / Fred Dallmayr.

Author/creator Dallmayr, Fred R., 1928-
Format Book
Publication InfoLexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2007.
Descriptionxvi, 320 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Prominent searchers in the past -- A pedagogy of the heart: Saint Bonaventure's spiritual itinerary -- Walking humbly with your God: Jñanadev and the Warkari movement -- Wise ignorance: Nicolaus of Cusa's search for truth -- The natural theology of the Chinese: Leibniz and Confucianism -- Montesquieu's Persian letters: a timely classic -- Beautiful freedom: Schiller on the aesthetic education of humanity -- Pedagogy for our troubled times -- Why the classics today? Lessons from Gadamer and de Bary -- Canons or cannons? On mobilizing global democracy -- An end to evil: conquest or moral pedadogy? -- Transnational citizenship: paths beyond the nation-state -- Religious freedom: preserving the salt of the earth -- Love and justice: a memorial tribute to Paul Ricoeur -- Appendixes -- A. Multiculturalism and the good life: comments on Bhikhu Parekh -- B. Modalities of intercultural dialogue: UNESCO at sixty -- In a different voice: some afterthoughts on violence -- Building peace: how? -- Notes.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 267-310) and index.
LCCN 2007012692
ISBN9780813124575 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0813124573 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks JA76 .D234 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold