America goes to college [[electronic resource] ] : political theory for the liberal arts / / John E. Seery
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| Autore: |
Seery John Evan
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| Titolo: |
America goes to college [[electronic resource] ] : political theory for the liberal arts / / John E. Seery
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| Pubblicazione: | Albany, : State University of New York Press, C2002 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 370.11/2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Education, Humanistic - United States |
| Education, Higher - Political aspects - United States | |
| Education, Higher - Aims and objectives - United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""America Goes to College""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. My Turn: A Great Bookish Tell-all""; ""2. The Columbus Controversy as Confession""; ""3. George Kateb's Main Thing""; ""4. What Teaching at Pomona College Means to Me""; ""5. Moral Perfectionism and Abortion Politics""; ""6. Political Philosophy in the Twilight of an Idol""; ""7. Grant Wood's Political Gothic""; ""8. Do Media Studies Belong in a Liberal Arts Curriculum?""; ""9. Unremembered Acts Remembered""; ""10. Castles in the Air""; ""11. Political Theory in the Twentieth Century"" |
| ""12. America Goes to College""""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A rallying cry on behalf of a distinctly American institution of higher learning—the small liberal arts college—America Goes to College combines broad-based scholarship with personal narrative and reflection. In a highly entertaining manner, John E. Seery showcases the precarious successes of a well-rounded liberal arts college education, while at the same time signaling some of the dangers that loom on the horizon. Seery contends that the liberal arts are best pursued within the face-to-face interactive setting, characteristic of the small college classroom, as opposed to the large university lecture hall. Moreover and more provocatively, he identifies political theorists as the proper custodians and practitioners of the liberal arts tradition as it unfolds today. It is the unfettered freedom of the small liberal arts college, where vision and practice can actually coincide, that makes it the embodiment of the advantages of the American higher education system—a national treasure deserving of support. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | America goes to college |
| ISBN: | 0-7914-8752-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910825675703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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