: Vindication of Newman’s Views on Liberal Education from Contemporary Perspective
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2010-06
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CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh
Abstract
Through his provocative and evocative lectures
at the Catholic University of Ireland, John Henry Cardinal
Newman (1801-1890) appealed to incorporate liberal
education in university education to form a better and
sounder society. Endorsing Newman’s views/thesis, this
paper argues that colonially shaped, commercially
motivated and morally bankrupt higher education system
has strained liberal education to a large extent. And
predictably, now we are perhaps experiencing an
increasingly paradoxical scenario of an inhuman society by
the human beings. In spite of predictable and unpredictable
changes in social dynamics and paradigms since Newman
expressed his views, this paper seeks to arrive at an
understanding that his insightful defence of liberal
education is still rewardingly relevant.
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Vol.- 6, June 2010 (p 65-76)