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Not for Profit Why Democracy Needs the Humanities - Updated Edition

Paperback • 2016 • English

Not for Profit Why Democracy Needs the Humanities - Updated Edition

By Martha C. Nussbaum

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A passionate defense of the humanities from one of today's foremost public intellectuals 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...Show more

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9780691173320

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Princeton University Press

Published year

2016

Language

English

Original title

Not for Profit Why Democracy Needs the Humanities - Updated Edition

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Paperback

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