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Not for Profit : Why Democracy Needs the Humanities - Updated Edition /
In this short and powerful book, celebrated philosopher Martha Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of education. Historically, the humanities have been central to education because they have been seen as essential for creating competent democratic ci...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2016]
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| Edición: | Updated |
| Colección: | The Public Square ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface to the 2016 Edition
- Acknowledgments
- I. The Silent Crisis
- II. Education for Profit, Education for Democracy
- III. Educating Citizens: The Moral (and Anti-Moral) Emotions
- IV. Socratic Pedagogy: The Importance of Argument
- V. Citizens of the World
- VI. Cultivating Imagination: Literature and the Arts
- VII. Democratic Education on the Ropes
- Afterword to the Paperback Edition: Reflections on the Future of the Humanities- at Home and Abroad
- Notes
- Index