The knowledge most worth having / / edited by Wayne C. Booth

• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1967
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 212 pages)
• Disciplina: 370.11; 370.8; 370/.8
• Soggetto topico: Education; Education, Humanistic
• Altri autori: BoothWayne C
• Note generali: "A publication of the seventy-fifth anniversary year of the University of Chicago."; "Papers ... delivered at a five-day liberal arts conference sponsored by the undergraduate College of the University of Chicago."
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- IS THERE ANY KNOWLEDGE THAT A MAN MUST HAVE? -- RETURNING COALS TO NEWCASTLE -- THE INSTRUMENTS OF MENTAL PRODUCTION -- A TRANSATLANTIC VIEW OF "WHAT KNOWLEDGE IS WORTH HAVING" -- UNDERGRADUATES AND THE SCIENTIFIC ENTERPRISE -- DIVERSITY -- EDUCATION AND THE CONTEMPORARY WOMAN -- PLATONIC EDUCATION -- THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS -- THE ROLE OF A LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE WITHIN A UNIVERSITY
• Sommario/riassunto: The Knowledge Most Worth Having represents the essence of education at the University of Chicago-faculty and students grappling with key intellectual questions that span the humanities, while still acknowledging the need to acquire a depth of knowledge in one's chosen field. The papers collected here were delivered during an often-heated conference at the university in 1966, and include contributions from such scholars as Northrop Frye, Richard McKeon, and, of course, the dean of the college, Wayne Booth himself. Taken as a whole, they present a passionate defense of liberal education, one that remains highly relevant today.
• Titolo autorizzato: The knowledge most worth having
• ISBN: 1-281-95917-0; 9786611959173; 0-226-06570-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817160803321
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