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Book SynopsisWhat is the significance of “higher” education? What is the point of obtaining a degree that includes the study of philosophy? This book argues that university study is a privileged space for self-cultivation but that this space is under threat by both the press of specialization and the “marketing” of undergraduate education.
Trade Review“Free from the demands of program requirements and the pragmatic, societal pressure to reduce education to professional training and other such demands, …elective courses offer a unique opportunity, the author argues, to reflect on the human condition and cultivate the student’s human experience. The book intends not just to describe this predicament, but to exemplify the kind of text that can animate such learning.”
-- Bruce Gilbert * Chair of Philosophy and Liberal Arts, Full Professor, Bishop's University *
Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One – Meeting Place: Socrates in the Agora Part Two – Placing the Text Part Three – Professors in Place Conclusion Works Cited
