Western canon

The Western canon is a canon of books and art (and specifically one with very loose boundaries) that has allegedly been highly influential in shaping Western culture. The selection of a canon is important to the theory of educational perennialism.

Related Topics:
Canon - Book - Art - Western culture - Educational perennialism

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Examples of canonical lists include:

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• The Harvard Classics
• Great Books of the Western World
• Harold Bloom's canon

University reading lists are also good indicators of what is considered to be in the Western canon:

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• St. John's College reading list

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