{"product_id":"higher-education-in-the-making-pragmatism-whitehead-and-the-canon-paperback","title":"Higher Education in the Making: Pragmatism, Whitehead, and the Canon - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Allan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Allan argues that the so-called \"culture wars\" in higher education are the result of the dogmatic and unyielding certainty that both canonists and anti-canonists bring to any discussion of how best to organize an undergraduate curriculum. He then proposes a middle way. Drawing from William James, John Dewey, and Alfred North Whitehead, he contrasts the absolutist claims of both canonists and anti-canonists with a fallibilist approach and argues for a more pragmatic canon that is normative and always in need of renovation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA wide variety of voices are heard in Allan's conversation about the nature and meaning of an education canon, including philosophers Aristotle, Descartes, Arthur Lovejoy, Hannah Arendt, Spengler, Emerson, Lyotard, and Rorty. Contemporary voices include Eva Brann, Charles Anderson, Francis Oakley, Martha Nussbaum, Gerald Graff, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and Bill Readings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Allan\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Dickinson College. He is the author of several books, including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Patterns of the Present: Interpreting the Authority of Form\u003c\/i\u003e, published by SUNY Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 262\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 26, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52512067617075,"sku":"9780791459904","price":70.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/N1VRU0ZuaklxOXVYbGs5dzhtQzcyQT09.webp?v=1760338618","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/higher-education-in-the-making-pragmatism-whitehead-and-the-canon-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}