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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300122888
ISBN-13
9780300122886
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60037244
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Publication Name
Education's End : Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Subject
Language, General, Teaching Methods & Materials / Arts & Humanities
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy, Education
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
16.8 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-004632
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Kronman argues his case passionately. His discussion of the transformation of American higher education over the last century and a half is most illuminating."-George Leef, NationalReview.com, "Just when we need them most, the humanities have relinquished their role at the heart of liberal education-helping students reflect on what makes life worth living. In this bold and provocative book, Anthony Kronman explains why the humanities have lost their way. With eloquence and passion, he argues that departments of literature, classics, and philosophy can recover their authority and prestige only by reviving their traditional focus on fundamental questions about the meaning of life."-Michael J. Sandel, author of The Case against Perfection and Public Philosophy, " No question that the humanities are in a bad way in education at the present, and this book offers not just an argument that they should be more highly prized, but a carefully reasoned position of what happened, why it did, and what needs and can be done about it." -- Alvin Kernan, author of "In Plato' s Cave", "Just when we need them most, the humanities have relinquished their role at the heart of liberal education�helping students reflect on what makes life worth living. In this bold and provocative book, Anthony Kronman explains why the humanities have lost their way. With eloquence and passion, he argues that departments of literature, classics, and philosophy can recover their authority and prestige only by reviving their traditional focus on fundamental questions about the meaning of life."�Michael J. Sandel, author of The Case against Perfection and Public Philosophy, "Kronman unfolds here a sustained argument marked by subtlety, force, nuance, and considerable appeal."--Francis Oakley, President Emeritus, Williams College, �In a brilliant, sustained argument that is as forthright, bold, and passionately felt as it is ideologically unclassifiable and original, Anthony Kronman leaps in a bound into the center of America�s cultural disputes, not to say cultural wars. Although Kronman�s specific area of concern is higher education, his argument will reach far beyond campus walls.��Jonathan Schell, author of The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence and the Will of the People, "No question that the humanities are in a bad way in education at the present, and this book offers not just an argument that they should be more highly prized, but a carefully reasoned position of what happened, why it did, and what needs and can be done about it."-Alvin Kernan, author ofIn Plato's Cave, �No question that the humanities are in a bad way in education at the present, and this book offers not just an argument that they should be more highly prized, but a carefully reasoned position of what happened, why it did, and what needs and can be done about it.��Alvin Kernan, author of In Plato�s Cave, "Kronman unfolds here a sustained argument marked by subtlety, force, nuance, and considerable appeal."-Francis Oakley, President Emeritus, Williams College, "In a brilliant, sustained argument that is as forthright, bold, and passionately felt as it is ideologically unclassifiable and original, Anthony Kronman leaps in a bound into the center of America's cultural disputes, not to say cultural wars. Although Kronman's specific area of concern is higher education, his argument will reach far beyond campus walls."Jonathan Schell, author of The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence and the Will of the People, "Kronman unfolds here a sustained argument marked by subtlety, force, nuance, and considerable appeal."�Francis Oakley, President Emeritus, Williams College, "Just when we need them most, the humanities have relinquished their role at the heart of liberal educationhelping students reflect on what makes life worth living. In this bold and provocative book, Anthony Kronman explains why the humanities have lost their way. With eloquence and passion, he argues that departments of literature, classics, and philosophy can recover their authority and prestige only by reviving their traditional focus on fundamental questions about the meaning of life."Michael J. Sandel, author of The Case against Perfection and Public Philosophy, "No question that the humanities are in a bad way in education at the present, and this book offers not just an argument that they should be more highly prized, but a carefully reasoned position of what happened, why it did, and what needs and can be done about it."--Alvin Kernan, author of "In Plato's Cave", "No question that the humanities are in a bad way in education at the present, and this book offers not just an argument that they should be more highly prized, but a carefully reasoned position of what happened, why it did, and what needs and can be done about it."Alvin Kernan, author of In Plato's Cave, " In a brilliant, sustained argument that is as forthright, bold, and passionately felt as it is ideologically unclassifiable and original, Anthony Kronman leaps in a bound into the center of America' s cultural disputes, not to say cultural wars. Although Kronman' s specific area of concern is higher education, his argument will reach far beyond campus walls." -- Jonathan Schell, author of "The Unconquerable World: Power Nonviolence and the Will of the People", "In Education''s End Kronman succeeds remarkably well, even movingly, in conveying the intellectual and spiritual joy that a serious student can find by participating in the ''great conversation.''"Ben Wildavsky, Commentary, "In Education's End Kronman succeeds remarkably well, even movingly, in conveying the intellectual and spiritual joy that a serious student can find by participating in the 'great conversation.'"-Ben Wildavsky, Commentary, "Just when we need them most, the humanities have relinquished their role at the heart of liberal education-helping students reflect on what makes life worth living. In this bold and provocative book, Anthony Kronman explains why the humanities have lost their way. With eloquence and passion, he argues that departments of literature, classics, and philosophy can recover their authority and prestige only by reviving their traditional focus on fundamental questions about the meaning of life."- Michael J. Sandel, author ofThe Case against PerfectionandPublic Philosophy, "Just when we need them most, the humanities have relinquished their role at the heart of liberal education--helping students reflect on what makes life worth living. In this bold and provocative book, Anthony Kronman explains why the humanities have lost their way. With eloquence and passion, he argues that departments of literature, classics, and philosophy can recover their authority and prestige only by reviving their traditional focus on fundamental questions about the meaning of life."--Michael J. Sandel, author of "The Case against Perfection" and "Public Philosophy", "In a brilliant, sustained argument that is as forthright, bold, and passionately felt as it is ideologically unclassifiable and original, Anthony Kronman leaps in a bound into the center of America's cultural disputes, not to say cultural wars. Although Kronman's specific area of concern is higher education, his argument will reach far beyond campus walls."-Jonathan Schell, author ofThe Unconquerable World: Power Nonviolence and the Will of the People, "In a brilliant, sustained argument that is as forthright, bold, and passionately felt as it is ideologically unclassifiable and original, Anthony Kronman leaps in a bound into the center of America's cultural disputes, not to say cultural wars. Although Kronman's specific area of concern is higher education, his argument will reach far beyond campus walls."--Jonathan Schell, author of "The Unconquerable World: Power Nonviolence and the Will of the People", "Kronman's study is an important contribution to the discussion about what education is for, and where it is going."-David Clemens, Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, "Just when we need them most, the humanities have relinquished their role at the heart of liberal education-helping students reflect on what makes life worth living. In this bold and provocative book, Anthony Kronman explains why the humanities have lost their way. With eloquence and passion, he argues that departments of literature, classics, and philosophy can recover their authority and prestige only by reviving their traditional focus on fundamental questions about the meaning of life."-Michael J. Sandel, author ofThe Case against PerfectionandPublic Philosophy, "Kronman argues his case passionately. His discussion of the transformation of American higher education over the last century and a half is most illuminating."�George Leef, NationalReview.com, "In a brilliant, sustained argument that is as forthright, bold, and passionately felt as it is ideologically unclassifiable and original, Anthony Kronman leaps in a bound into the center of America's cultural disputes, not to say cultural wars. Although Kronman's specific area of concern is higher education, his argument will reach far beyond campus walls."-Jonathan Schell, author of The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence and the Will of the People, "In a brilliant, sustained argument that is as forthright, bold, and passionately felt as it is ideologically unclassifiable and original, Anthony Kronman leaps in a bound into the center of America's cultural disputes, not to say cultural wars. Although Kronman's specific area of concern is higher education, his argument will reach far beyond campus walls."-Jonathan Schell, author of The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence and the Will of the People, "Kronman argues his case passionately. His discussion of the transformation of American higher education over the last century and a half is most illuminating."George Leef, NationalReview.com, "No question that the humanities are in a bad way in education at the present, and this book offers not just an argument that they should be more highly prized, but a carefully reasoned position of what happened, why it did, and what needs and can be done about it."-Alvin Kernan, author of In Plato's Cave, "In Education's End Kronman succeeds remarkably well, even movingly, in conveying the intellectual and spiritual joy that a serious student can find by participating in the 'great conversation.'"�Ben Wildavsky, Commentary, "Kronman''s study is an important contribution to the discussion about what education is for, and where it is going."--David Clemens, Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
Illustrated
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Dewey Decimal
001.3071/0973
Synopsis
The question of what living is for--of what one should care about and why--is the most important question a person can ask. Yet under the influence of the modern research ideal, our colleges and universities have expelled this question from their classrooms, judging it unfit for organized study. In this eloquent and carefully considered book, Tony Kronman explores why this has happened and calls for the restoration of life's most important question to an honored place in higher education. The author contrasts an earlier era in American education, when the question of the meaning of life was at the center of instruction, with our own times, when this question has been largely abandoned by college and university teachers. In particular, teachers of the humanities, who once felt a special responsibility to guide their students in exploring the question of what living is for, have lost confidence in their authority to do so. And they have lost sight of the question itself in the blinding fog of political correctness that has dominated their disciplines for the past forty years. Yet Kronman sees a readiness for change--a longing among teachers as well as students to engage questions of ultimate meaning. He urges a revival of the humanities' lost tradition of studying the meaning of life through the careful but critical reading of great works of literary and philosophical imagination. And he offers here the charter document of that revival., A passionate call for our colleges and universities to prepare young people for lives of fulfillment not just successful careers The question of what living is for--of what one should care about and why--is the most important question a person can ask. Yet under the influence of the modern research ideal, our colleges and universities have expelled this question from their classrooms, judging it unfit for organized study. In this eloquent and carefully considered book, Tony Kronman explores why this has happened and calls for the restoration of life's most important question to an honored place in higher education.The author contrasts an earlier era in American education, when the question of the meaning of life was at the center of instruction, with our own times, when this question has been largely abandoned by college and university teachers. In particular, teachers of the humanities, who once felt a special responsibility to guide their students in exploring the question of what living is for, have lost confidence in their authority to do so. And they have lost sight of the question itself in the blinding fog of political correctness that has dominated their disciplines for the past forty years. Yet Kronman sees a readiness for change--a longing among teachers as well as students to engage questions of ultimate meaning. He urges a revival of the humanities' lost tradition of studying the meaning of life through the careful but critical reading of great works of literary and philosophical imagination. And he offers here the charter document of that revival., A passionate call for our colleges and universities to prepare young people for lives of fulfillment not just successful careers
LC Classification Number
AZ183.U5K76 2007
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