Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities

By:

Nussbaum, Martha C [Author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2010.Description: 168p; 21cmISBN:

9780691173320

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

LC1011.N88

Summary: "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 citizens of their countries and the world"--Jacket.

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Books	Asian University for Women Library	Non-fiction	General Stacks	LC1011 .N88 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		031132

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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 citizens of their countries and the world"--Jacket.

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