Bradley C. S. Watson is Philip M. McKenna professor of politics and co-director of the Center for Political and Economic Thought at Saint Vincent College.

This is a worthy collection of essays dealing with the crisis of education, bearing on the teaching of the history of Western civilization, and the significance of its resources for civic learning today. The editor has done first-rate work in bringing together insightful contributors who offer engaging and thoughtful reflections on the important issues at stake. Dealing with educational and civic issues of both urgency and consequence for our world today, it is warmly recommended.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction:Reclaiming the Vanishing WestBradley C. S. WatsonPart I: The Western AchievementAbounding Anomalies: On the Fragility of the Western AchievementSteven H. BalchThe Rise of the Universities and the Revolution of the Middle Ages Toby HuffOne Civilization Among Many? Academic Reflections on the West and the RestDaniel P. MahoneyPart II: Western Civilization and Liberal Learning Life Under Compulsion: Rejecting the Glorious Liberty of the Children of GodAnthony EsolenLearning to Be Free: The Connection between Liberal and Civic EducationPatrick J. DeneenCan Virtue be Taught? Western Civilization and Moral FormationRobert C. KoonsPart III: The Western CanonClassics and Not Hog-WashAnthony O’HearDemocracy’s Hope: Fanny Price in Jane Austen’s MansfieldParkNorma ThompsonAbout the ContributorsAbout the Editor

Bradley C. S. Watson is Philip M. McKenna professor of politics and co-director of the Center for Political and Economic Thought at Saint Vincent College.

This is a worthy collection of essays dealing with the crisis of education, bearing on the teaching of the history of Western civilization, and the significance of its resources for civic learning today. The editor has done first-rate work in bringing together insightful contributors who offer engaging and thoughtful reflections on the important issues at stake. Dealing with educational and civic issues of both urgency and consequence for our world today, it is warmly recommended.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction:Reclaiming the Vanishing WestBradley C. S. WatsonPart I: The Western AchievementAbounding Anomalies: On the Fragility of the Western AchievementSteven H. BalchThe Rise of the Universities and the Revolution of the Middle Ages Toby HuffOne Civilization Among Many? Academic Reflections on the West and the RestDaniel P. MahoneyPart II: Western Civilization and Liberal Learning Life Under Compulsion: Rejecting the Glorious Liberty of the Children of GodAnthony EsolenLearning to Be Free: The Connection between Liberal and Civic EducationPatrick J. DeneenCan Virtue be Taught? Western Civilization and Moral FormationRobert C. KoonsPart III: The Western CanonClassics and Not Hog-WashAnthony O’HearDemocracy’s Hope: Fanny Price in Jane Austen’s MansfieldParkNorma ThompsonAbout the ContributorsAbout the Editor

Bradley C. S. Watson is Philip M. McKenna professor of politics and co-director of the Center for Political and Economic Thought at Saint Vincent College.

This is a worthy collection of essays dealing with the crisis of education, bearing on the teaching of the history of Western civilization, and the significance of its resources for civic learning today. The editor has done first-rate work in bringing together insightful contributors who offer engaging and thoughtful reflections on the important issues at stake. Dealing with educational and civic issues of both urgency and consequence for our world today, it is warmly recommended.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction:Reclaiming the Vanishing WestBradley C. S. WatsonPart I: The Western AchievementAbounding Anomalies: On the Fragility of the Western AchievementSteven H. BalchThe Rise of the Universities and the Revolution of the Middle Ages Toby HuffOne Civilization Among Many? Academic Reflections on the West and the RestDaniel P. MahoneyPart II: Western Civilization and Liberal Learning Life Under Compulsion: Rejecting the Glorious Liberty of the Children of GodAnthony EsolenLearning to Be Free: The Connection between Liberal and Civic EducationPatrick J. DeneenCan Virtue be Taught? Western Civilization and Moral FormationRobert C. KoonsPart III: The Western CanonClassics and Not Hog-WashAnthony O’HearDemocracy’s Hope: Fanny Price in Jane Austen’s MansfieldParkNorma ThompsonAbout the ContributorsAbout the Editor