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Carregando... Bonfire of the Humanities: Rescuing the Classics in an Impoverished Agede Victor Davis Hanson, John Heath, Bruce S. Thornton
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. 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. ( ) sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Google Books — Carregando... GênerosClassificação decimal de Dewey (CDD)370.1120973Social sciences Education Education Theory of education; Meaning; Aim Objectives of EducationClassificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos E.U.A. (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:
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