The Crisis of Western Education - Hardcover

Christopher Henry Dawson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0722001649 ISBN 13: 9780722001646

Publisher: Sheed & Ward, 1961

Synopsis

Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket is edge chipped and torn; covered with mylar. Boards are edge worn and scuffed. Foxed to edges of leaves.

About this title

About the Author:

Widely praised as one of the most important Catholic historians of the twentieth century, CHRISTOPHER DAWSON (1889-1970) was author of numerous books, articles, and scholarly monographs. He was lecturer in the History of Culture, University College, Exeter; Gifford lecturer; Charles Chauncey Stillman Chair of Roman Catholic Studies at Harvard University from 1958 to 1962; and editor of the Dublin Review.

Review:

There are a handful of books that I wish I could get colleagues in the field of education to read, and this is one of them. The reissuing of Dawson's accessible The Crisis of Western Education (originally published 1961) is still relevant and, sadly, still being ignored. Dawson's insights are masterfully presented by his unusual use of the tools of sociology, cultural history, and religious studies... Most impressively, throughout the work Dawson, better than most, defines and chronicles the process of secularization in the West and its influence, especially within education... This helpful and insightful book is a unique blend of cultural history, philosophy, and deeply informed Christian thinking about the flow of Western history and what has happened to education within that heritage.--Robert M. Woods, Journal of Education and Christian Belief

About this edition

• Publisher: Sheed & Ward
• Publication date: 1961
• ISBN 10: 0722001649
• ISBN 13: 9780722001646
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256