Not for profit: why democracy needs the humanities

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Abstract

Foreword by Ruth O'Brien ix Acknowledgments xiii Chapter I: The Silent Crisis 1 Chapter II: Education for Profit, Education for Democracy 13 Chapter III: Educating Citizens: The Moral (and Anti-Moral) Emotions 27 Chapter IV: Socratic Pedagogy: The Importance of Argument 47 Chapter V: Citizens of the World 79 Chapter VI: Cultivating Imagination: Literature and the Arts 95 Chapter VII: Democratic Education on the Ropes 121 Notes 145 Index 153

Topics & Keywords

Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism University Challenges and Reforms Political theory and Gramsci

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: Choice Reviews Online

Volume 48, Issue 06, pp. 48-3075

DOI: 10.5860/choice.48-3075

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