Liberal Education, Commerce, and the Public Good
Toward a Philosophically Informed School of Responsible Freedom, Industry, and Civics
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Liberal Education, Commerce, and the Public Good: Toward a Philosophically Informed School of Responsible Freedom, Industry, and Civics explores the role of civic learning in higher education through the lenses of foundational thinkers like Locke, Montesquieu, Adam Smith, James Wilson, J.S. Mill, and Tocqueville. Featuring contributions from leading scholars of 17th–19th century political thought, this book addresses the current crisis in liberalism by distinctly drawing lessons from various theories of civic education in classical liberal political philosophy. As a growing number of scholars, leading state-level government actors, and members of civil society direct their attention to how a classical liberal and civic education may help restore America’s liberal foundations and institutional guardrails, this book seeks to bridge the gap between two important, burgeoning bodies of scholarship that seek to redress contemporary liberalism’s civic, cultural, spiritual, and material challenges. The volume concludes with contributions by directors and academic entrepreneurs who have successfully integrated classical liberal theories of civic education into their leading civic learning centers’ academic missions while shining a spotlight on the challenges they currently face in promoting the study of responsible freedom at their respective institutions.
Steven Pittz is the Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Government and the Individual as well as Associate Professor at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. He is the author of Recovering the Liberal Spirit: Nietzsche, Individuality and Spiritual Freedom (2020) and coauthor of American Citizenship and Constitutionalism in Principle and Practice (2022).
Constantine Christos Vassiliou is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. He is the author of Moderate Liberalism and the Scottish Enlightenment: Montesquieu, Hume, Smith and Ferguson (2023).
Liberal Education, Commerce, and the Public Good: Toward a Philosophically Informed School of Responsible Freedom, Industry, and Civics explores the role of civic learning in higher education through the lenses of foundational thinkers like Locke, Montesquieu, Adam Smith, James Wilson, J.S. Mill, and Tocqueville. Featuring contributions from leading scholars of 17th–19th century political thought, this book addresses the current crisis in liberalism by distinctly drawing lessons from various theories of civic education in classical liberal political philosophy. As a growing number of scholars, leading state-level government actors, and members of civil society direct their attention to how a classical liberal and civic education may help restore America’s liberal foundations and institutional guardrails, this book seeks to bridge the gap between two important, burgeoning bodies of scholarship that seek to redress contemporary liberalism’s civic, cultural, spiritual, and material challenges. The volume concludes with contributions by directors and academic entrepreneurs who have successfully integrated classical liberal theories of civic education into their leading civic learning centers’ academic missions while shining a spotlight on the challenges they currently face in promoting the study of responsible freedom at their respective institutions.
Examines civic education within the works of classical liberal thinkers closely tethered to the Anglo-American tradition Bridges the gap between the crisis of liberalism and the rise of civic centers in universities across the United States Features insights from directors and academic entrepreneurs who emphasize classical liberal theories of civic education
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Liberal Education Classical Liberal Thought Foundational Political Economy Civic Learning in Higher Education Adam Smith Montesquieu Tocqueville