Not For Profit

Author: Martha C. Nussbaum
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0691140642

Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities (Public Square)

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. Download Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities (Public Square) from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Historically, the humanities have been central to education because they have rightly been seen as essential for creating competent democratic citizens. But recently, Nussbaum argues, thinking about the aims of education has gone disturbingly awry both in the United States and abroad. Anxiously focused on national economic growth, 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 and empathetic citizens. This shortsighted focus on profitable skills has eroded our abili Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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