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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.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Education Philosophy & theory of education

• Full title: Not for Profit
• Author: Martha C. Nussbaum
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• EAN: 9780691173320
• ISBN: 9780691173320
• ID: 10915920
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Weight: 252 g
• Dimensions: 204 × 139 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 08. November 2016

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