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Cultivating humanity

Paperback • 1997 • English

Cultivating humanity: A classical defense of reform in liberal education

By Martha C.

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About the book

How can higher education today create a community of critical thinkers and searchers for truth that transcends the boundaries of class, gender, and nation? Martha C. Nussbaum, philosopher and classicist, argues that contemporary curricular reform is already producing such "citizens of the world" in its advocacy of diverse forms of cross-cultural studies. Her vigorous defense of "the new education" is rooted in Seneca's ideal of the citizen who scrutinizes tradition critically and who respects th...Show more

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9780674179493

Published year

1997

Language

English

Original title

Cultivating humanity

Format

Paperback

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