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BL
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878241
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Hunter, James Davison,1955-
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| Title & Author
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The death of character : : moral education in an age without good or evil /\ James Davison Hunter.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Basic Books,, ©2000.
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1 online resource (xv, 320 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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046501173X
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: 1429485655
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: 9780465011735
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: 9781429485654
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0465031773
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0465047300
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9780465031771
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9780465047307
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-308) and index.
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| Contents
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Postmortem -- The moral lives of children and the moral life of the nation -- Character and culture -- The early modern regime and its transformation -- The progressive turn in moral education -- Excursus: the crisis of character that isn't -- The psychological regime -- The neoclassical and communitarian backlash -- The ambivalence within faith communities -- Parting observations: moral education and the triumph of the therapeutic -- The impotence of contemporary moral education -- Excursus: moral cultures and their consequences -- Lessons in subjectivism -- Leading children beyond good and evil -- The death of character -- Postscript: democracy and moral education.
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Character.
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Education-- Social aspects-- United States.
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Moral education-- United States.
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Character.
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EDUCATION-- Aims Objectives.
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Education-- Social aspects.
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Moral education.
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Sittliche Erziehung.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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370.11/4
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| LC Classification
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LC311.H86 2000eb
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5,1ssgn
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5,3ssgn
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CC 7200rvk
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D 5460dopaed
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