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Sto caricando le informazioni... Bonfire of the Humanities: Rescuing the Classics in an Impoverished Agedi Victor Davis Hanson, John Heath, Bruce S. Thornton
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. A collection of essays that provide a critique of the current direction of humanities scholarship in academia. One can compare their attacks to those who opposed scholasticism in the middle ages. With a foundation in the history of classical antiquity these essays provide an excellent antitdote to the vagaries of our postmodern age. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
With humor, lucidity, and unflinching rigor, the acclaimed authors of Who Killed Homer? and Plagues of the Mind unsparingly document the degeneration of a central, if beleaguered, discipline--classics--and reveal the root causes of its decline. Hanson, Heath, and Thornton point to academics themselves--their careerist ambitions, incessant self-promotion, and overspecialized scholarship, among other things--as the progenitors of the crisis, and call for a return to "academic populism," an approach characterized by accessible, unspecialized writing, selfless commitment to students and teaching, and respect for the legacy of freedom and democracy that the ancients bequeathed to the West. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)370.1120973Social sciences Education Education Theory of education; Meaning; Aim Objectives of EducationClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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