EAN: 9780691173320

NOT FOR PROFIT - MARTHA C NUSSBAUM KARTONIERT (TB)

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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