Having spent decades teaching and researching the humanities, Wm. Theodore de Bary is well positioned to speak on its merits and reform. Believing a classical liberal education is more necessary than ever, he outlines in these essays a plan to update existing core curricula by incorporating classics from both Eastern and Western traditions, thereby bringing the philosophy and moral values of Asian civilizations to American students and vice versa.
The author establishes a concrete link between teaching the classics of world civilizations and furthering global humanism. Selecting texts that share many of the same values and educational purposes, he joins Islamic, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, and Western sources into a revised curriculum that privileges humanity and civility. He also explores the tradition of education in China and its reflection of Confucian and Neo-Confucian beliefs. He reflects on history's great scholar-teachers and what their methods can teach us today, and he dedicates three essays to the power of The Analects of Confucius, The Tale of Genji, and The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon in the classroom.
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- PART I: EDUCATION AND THE CORE CURRICULUM
- 1. Education for a World Community
- 2. "Starting on the Road" with John Erskine & Co.
- 3. The Great "Civilized" Conversation: A Case in Point
- 4. A Shared Responsibility to Past and Future
- 5. Asia in the Core Curriculum
- 6. What Is "Classic"?
- 7. Classic Cases in Point
- PART 2: LIBERAL LEARNING IN CONFUCIANISM
- 8. Human Renewal and the Repossession of the Way
- 9. Zhu Xi and Liberal Education
- 10. Confucian Individualism and Personhood
- 11. Zhu Xi's Educational Program
- 12. Self and Society in Ming Thought
- 13. The Rise of Neo-Confucianism in Korea
- 14. Confucianism and Human Rights
- 15. China and the Limits of Liberalism
- PART 3: TRIBUTES AND MEMOIRS
- 16. Huang Zongxi and Qian Mu
- 17. Tang Junyi and New Asia College
- 18. Ryusaku Tsunoda, Sensei
- 19. Thomas Meron, Matteo Ricci, and Confucianism
- Appendix: Wm. Theodore de Bary: A Life in Consultation and Conversation
- Notes
- Index
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