C.S. Lewis on Higher Education
The Pedagogy of Pleasure
1st Edition
Published on 19. October 2023
232 pages
978-1-350-35514-9 (ISBN)
Description
Why pursue a university education? Some people answer in terms of the purpose of getting a good job. Others respond in terms of the aim of earning more money. Still others answer in terms of the goal of promoting social justice. Drawing on C. S. Lewis's belief that the purpose of life is the experience of perfect happiness, Stewart Goetz explains Lewis's simple but overlooked view that a person should pursue a university education for the pleasure that comes from higher-level intellectual activity. Goetz not only sharpens our understanding of Lewis's life and work in higher education, but also leads us to question why we attend, study, teach, or research at a university.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-350-35514-9 (9781350355149)
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10/2023
Bloomsbury Academic
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Person
Stewart Goetz is the Ross Frederick Wicks Distinguished Professor in Philosophy and Religion at Ursinus College, USA. He is the Series Editor of Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy of Religion.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Why Higher Education?
1. The Intrinsic Goodness of Pleasure
2. The Pleasure of Higher Education
3. Higher Education and Being a Christian
4. Higher Education and Naturalism
5. Lewis and Higher Education Today
6. What Do I Think?
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Why Higher Education?
1. The Intrinsic Goodness of Pleasure
2. The Pleasure of Higher Education
3. Higher Education and Being a Christian
4. Higher Education and Naturalism
5. Lewis and Higher Education Today
6. What Do I Think?
Notes
Bibliography
Index
