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Idealism and Liberal Education.
With refreshing eloquence, James O. Freedman sets down the American ideals that have informed his life as an intellectual, a law professor, and a college and university president. He examines the content and character of liberal education, discusses the importance of letters and learning in forming...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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University of Michigan Press
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction; 1. Life and Letters; Becoming an Educator; The Joys of Collecting Books; A Dukedom Large Enough; Presidential Prose; The Stillness and the Courage; 2. Content and Character in Liberal Education; The Teaching of Values in a Liberal Education; The Promise of Equality; The Organization of Knowledge; Science and Liberal Learning; Liberal Education and the Legal Profession; The Lessons of the Law; The Professor's Life; 3. Models for Shaping a Life; Public Selves, Private Selves; The Power of Idealism; The Value of Intellectuals; Insiders and Outsiders.
- Thurgood Marshall: Man of CharacterThe Capacity of Imagination; Originals and Copies; Those Who Are Truly Great; Ordinary Backgrounds, Extraordinary Men; Essayists and Solitude; Index.