Author: Martha C. Nussbaum
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B0073X0JFI
Not for Profit (The 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 (The Public Square) from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. 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 and empathetic citizens. This shortsighted focus on profitable skills has eroded our ability to criticize authority, reduced our sympathy with the Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.
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