Great Books
Everyone's Inheritance
Abstract
Just over 100 years ago Columbia’s John Erskine started a General Honors program that was the precursor of the Great Books programs popularized by his student, Mortimer Adler. As a set term “Great Books” has elicited more than some controversy, especially because most relatively short lists of such works mostly features “dead white men”. However, their ideas have been much more accessible than publishing opportunities had been. The evidence is that most any group in America has made the Great Ideas their own. This book explores the benefits of reading “Great Books,” and is virtually unique in detailing what a series of Great Books classes has looked like over the past decades.
Schlagworte
Classic Literature Education K-12 Education Great Books Programs School Curriculum- i–xx Preface i–xx
- 1–12 Introduction 1–12
- 117–138 Chapter 7: The Benefits 117–138
- 153–168 Chapter 10: Conclusions 153–168
- 169–178 Notes 169–178
- 179–182 Bibliography 179–182
- 183–194 Appendix 183–194