Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities

Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities

by Martha C. Nussbaum
ISBN-10:
0691154481
ISBN-13:
9780691154480
Pub. Date:
03/26/2012
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10:
0691154481
ISBN-13:
9780691154480
Pub. Date:
03/26/2012
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities

Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities

by Martha C. Nussbaum

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Overview

"Martha Nussbaum is the most erudite and visionary scholar writing on higher education today. Once again, she has laid out a novel and compelling argument with all of the clarity and rigor we expect from her writing. Not for Profit reminds us all that the deeper purposes of liberal education go well beyond personal advancement or national competitiveness. The real project is to educate responsible global citizens who will champion democracy and human development, and who have the skills to collaborate across differences and borders to solve pressing global problems."—Grant H. Cornwell, president of the College of Wooster

"This book could not be more timely nor more on target. Martha Nussbaum argues that education has become increasingly utilitarian, market-driven, career-oriented, and impoverished in its attention to the arts and humanities. The arts and humanities don't necessarily make people humane and creative, but they are, Nussbaum argues, required for Socratic examination and self-examination. If we agree with Socrates that the unexamined life is not worth living, then we need Nussbaum's argument."—Peter Brooks, Princeton University

"This is an important book and a superb piece of writing, combining passionate enthusiasm with calm arguments and informative examples. Written with a lovely light touch, it introduces the reader to the much misunderstood history of progressive education and shows its contemporary relevance."—Harry Brighouse, University of Wisconsin-Madison


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780691154480
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 03/26/2012
Series: The Public Square , #17
Edition description: With a New afterword by the author
Pages: 184
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Martha C. Nussbaum is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the Law School and in the Philosophy Department at the University of Chicago. Her many books include Justice for Animals and Hiding from Humanity (Princeton).

Table of Contents

Foreword by Ruth O’Brien ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Chapter I: The Silent Crisis 1 Chapter II: Education for Profit, Education for Democracy 13
Chapter III: Educating Citizens: The Moral (and Anti-Moral) Emotions 27
Chapter IV: Socratic Pedagogy: The Importance of Argument 47
Chapter V: Citizens of the World 79
Chapter VI: Cultivating Imagination: Literature and the Arts 95
Chapter VII: Democratic Education on the Ropes 121
Notes 145
Index 153

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"Martha Nussbaum is the most erudite and visionary scholar writing on higher education today. Once again, she has laid out a novel and compelling argument with all of the clarity and rigor we expect from her writing. Not for Profit reminds us all that the deeper purposes of liberal education go well beyond personal advancement or national competitiveness. The real project is to educate responsible global citizens who will champion democracy and human development, and who have the skills to collaborate across differences and borders to solve pressing global problems."—Grant H. Cornwell, president of Rollins College

"This book could not be more timely nor more on target. Martha Nussbaum argues that education has become increasingly utilitarian, market-driven, career-oriented, and impoverished in its attention to the arts and humanities. The arts and humanities don't necessarily make people humane and creative, but they are, Nussbaum argues, required for Socratic examination and self-examination. If we agree with Socrates that the unexamined life is not worth living, then we need Nussbaum's argument."—Peter Brooks, Princeton University

"This is an important book and a superb piece of writing, combining passionate enthusiasm with calm arguments and informative examples. Written with a lovely light touch, it introduces the reader to the much misunderstood history of progressive education and shows its contemporary relevance."—Harry Brighouse, University of Wisconsin–Madison

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