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An edition of Cultivating humanity (1997)

Cultivating humanity

a classical defense of reform in liberal education

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How can higher education today create a community of critical thinkers and searchers for truth that transcends the boundaries of class, gender, and nation? Martha C. Nussbaum, philosopher and classicist, argues that contemporary curricular reform is already producing such "citizens of the world" in its advocacy of diverse forms of cross-cultural studies.

Drawing on Socrates and the Stoics, Nussbaum establishes three core values of liberal education - critical self-examination, the ideal of the world citizen, and the development of the narrative imagination. Then, taking us into classrooms and campuses across the nation, including prominent research universities, small independent colleges, and religious institutions, she shows how these values are (and in some instances are not) being embodied in particular courses.

She defends such burgeoning subject areas as gender, minority, and gay studies against charges of moral relativism and low standards, and underscores their dynamic and fundamental contribution to critical reasoning and world citizenship.

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Sociological aspects Curriculum change Higher Education Sociological aspects of Universities and colleges Humanistic Education Social aspects Social aspects of Higher education Education, Humanistic Case studies Education, Higher Universities and colleges Education, higher, social aspects Universities and colleges, united states Continuing Education Educazione multiculturale Éducation humaniste Cas, Études de Enseignement supérieur Aspect social Universités Aspect sociologique Programmes d'études Changements Istruzione superiore Discipline umanistiche Insegnamento Hoger onderwijs Klassieke vorming Filosofia da educação Ensino superior (aspectos sociais;aspectos culturais) Currículo de ensino superior Education, humanistic--united states--case studies Education, higher--social aspects--case studies Education, higher--social aspects--united states--case studies Universities and colleges--sociological aspects--case studies Universities and colleges--united states--sociological aspects--case studies Curriculum change--case studies Curriculum change--united states--case studies Education, continuing Lc1011 .n87 1997 370.11/2

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-320) and index.

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370.11/2
Library of Congress
LC1011 .N87 1997, LC1011.N87 1997

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xii, 328 p. ;
Number of pages
328

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OL1012540M
ISBN 10
067417948X
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96053190
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36122018
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222209
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OL2112550W

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