Pelican Book Club: The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis

August 10, 2017

One of the great works on educational philosophy from the 20th century, C.S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man stands behind much of what we do here at CenterForLit. (As does most of Lewis's canon, if we're being honest...)

And since it's summertime and we have some free head space to contemplate the past academic year and look forward to the next, we thought it might be fun to delve into this accessible reflection on the state of modern culture and education. It is also the winner of our Pelican survey, so many of you must have thought so too!

We've never tackled a work of non fiction together in the Pelican Book Club, and we think it'll be exciting to mix things up a little. But don't feel intimidated! Lewis is a very clear writer and although his ideas are rich and deep, we're all here to try to understand them better together.