Not for profit : why democracy needs the humanities / Martha C. Nussbaum.
Not for profit : why democracy needs the humanities / Martha C. Nussbaum.
Not for profit : why democracy needs the humanities / Martha C. Nussbaum.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010.
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N370.115/33
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English
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xv, 158 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents
The silent crisis -- Education for profit, education for democracy -- Educating citizens : the moral (and anti-moral) emotions -- Socratic pedagogy : the importance of argument -- Citizens of the world -- Cultivating imagination : literature and the arts -- Democratic education on the ropes.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010.
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New Jersey
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c2010.
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"Philosopher Martha Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of education. Nussbaum argues that we must resist efforts to reduce education to a tool of the gross national product. Rather, we must work to reconnect education to the humanities in order to give students the capacity to be true democratic ci...
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Not for profit : why democracy needs the humanities / Martha C. Nussbaum.
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The public square book series.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2010.
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N370.115/33
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74VKq0Dq0Egl
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0691140642
9780691140643 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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370.115
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991020391369702626
