Martha C. Nussbaum

Not for Profit

Why Democracy Needs the Humanities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 citizens. But recently, Nussbaum argues, thinking about the aims of education has gone disturbingly awry in the United States and abroad. We increasingly treat education as though its primary goal were to teach students to be economically productive rather than to think critically and become knowledgeable, productive, and empathetic individuals. This shortsighted focus on profitable skills has eroded our ability to criticize authority, reduced our sympathy with the marginalized and different, and damaged our competence to deal with complex global problems. And the loss of these basic capacities jeopardizes the health of democracies and the hope of a decent world.

Produktdetails

• The Public Square
• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Revised ed
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 136mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 251g
• ISBN-13: 9780691173320
• ISBN-10: 069117332X
• Artikelnr.: 44941056

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"It's an important and timely plea because the pursuit of so-called useful educational results continues apace, and because the threats to humanistic education are indeed profound."--Michael S. Roth, Chronicle of Higher Education