July 11, 2010
Good and Risky: the Promise of a Liberal Education
On the very first page of her slim new book, Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities, the philosopher Martha Nussbaum warns, "We are in a crisis of massive proportions and grave global significance." She's not talking about a calamity caused by climate change, nor is she referring to nuclear proliferation, global poverty, or unchecked population growth.
No, the worldwide crisis that frightens Nussbaum is the decline of a model of liberal education based on the arts
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