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Arts of Living: Reinventing the Humanities for the Twenty-First Century

by Kurt Spellmeyer

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Arts of Living presents a social history of the humanities and a proposal for the future that places creativity at the heart of higher education. Engaging with the debate launched by Allan Bloom, Harold Bloom, Bill Readings, John Guillory, and others, Kurt Spellmeyer argues that higher education needs to abandon the "culture wars" if it hopes to address the major crises of the century: globalization, the degradation of the environment, the widening chasm between rich and poor, and the clash of cultures.

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Spellmeyer (English, Rutgers U.) points out that at the beginning of the 20th century, rhetoric and classics formed the core of the humanities curriculum. Though English and history now securely enjoy those exalted position, they may follow their ancestors into university terminal-care facilities unless they are dusted off and reformed for the next century. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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9780791456484
Subtitle:
Reinventing the Humanities for the Twenty-First Century
Author:
Spellmeyer, Kurt
Publisher:
State University of New York Press
Subject:
Philosophy
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History
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Ethics & Moral Philosophy
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Questions & Answers
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Sociology - Social Theory
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Humanities -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Humanities - Political aspects -
Publication Date:
February 2003
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Hardcover
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English
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312
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