Cultivating Citizens : Soulcraft and Citizenship in Contemporary America (Applications of Political Theory)

Allman, Dwight D. (EDT)/ Beaty, Michael D. (EDT)

Lexington Books（2002/12発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 194 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780739104521
• DDC分類 323.6

Full Description

Civic virtues, public service, and personal sacrifice and responsibility have again become vital questions for Americans struggling with the moral and political problems of citizenship. In Cultivating Citizens Dwight Allman and Michael Beaty bring together some of America's leading social and political thinkers to address the question of civic vitality in contemporary American society. The resulting volume is a serious reflection on the history of civil society and a rich and rewarding conversation about the future American civic order.

Contents

Part 1 Introduction: Citizenship and Soulcraft
Part 2 Cultivating Citizens as Historical Problem
Chapter 3 Cicero, Citizenship, and Epicurean Temptation
Chapter 4 Soulcraft, Citizenship, and Church-Craft: The View from Hippo
Chapter 5 From Moral Virtue to Material Benefit: Dominium and Citizenship in Late Medieval Europe
Chapter 6 Lockean Liberalism and the Cultivation fo Citizens
Part 7 Cultivating Citizens as Contemporary Problem
Chapter 8 Who Are We? Taking Stock of the Culture
Chapter 9 Higher Education and the Cultivation of Citizenship
Chapter 10 Citizenship, Faith, and Christian Higher Education
Chapter 11 Have Americans Lost their Virtue?
Chapter 12 Liberalism, Consumerism, and Citizenship