Description
In this influential defense of reform in liberal education, the author argues that universities should cultivate thoughtful, humane world citizens rather than simply transmit inherited knowledge. Drawing on Socrates, the Stoics, and contemporary debates over multiculturalism, feminism, race, and the Western canon, she identifies three essential capacities: critical self-examination, recognition of humanity’s shared bonds, and imaginative understanding of lives and cultures different from one’s own. Combining philosophical argument with examples from American colleges and universities, the book makes a compelling case for education that develops reason, empathy, and democratic citizenship while engaging seriously with the controversies surrounding curricular change.
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paperback
Harvard University Press
Published Jan 1, 1997
328 pages
ISBN: 067417948X
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First Published
1997
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Cultivating Humanity by Martha Nussbaum.