| St Augustine Contributor(s): Topping, Ryan N. S. (Author), Bailey, Richard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1472504887 ISBN-13: 9781472504883 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $49.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Reference - Education | Computers & Technology - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 370 |
| Series: Continuum Library of Educational Thought |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.1" W x 9" (0.75 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: After setting Augustine's thought firmly within the context of his life and times, Ryan Topping examines in turn the causes of education (the purposes, pedagogy, curriculum, and limits of learning) as Augustine understood them. Augustine's towering influence over Medieval and Renaissance theorists - from Hugh of St Victor, to Aquinas, to Erasmus - is traced. The book concludes by drawing Augustine into dialogue with contemporary philosophers, exploring the influence of his meditations on higher education and suggesting how his ideas can reinvigorate for our generation the project of liberal learning. |
