{"product_id":"the-elective-mind-9780776629551","title":"The Elective Mind","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.”\u003c\/p\u003e -- Bruce Gilbert * Chair of Philosophy and Liberal Arts, Full Professor, Bishop's University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction Part One – Meeting Place: Socrates in the Agora  Part Two – Placing the Text  Part Three – Professors in Place  Conclusion  Works Cited","brand":"Les Presses de l'Universite d'Ottawa\/University of Ottawa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018435002711,"sku":"9780776629551","price":13.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780776629551.jpg?v=1750776874","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-elective-mind-9780776629551","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}