Nussbaum, Martha C.   1947- <br/><br/>
Not for profit :  why democracy needs the humanities / 
 Why democracy needs the humanities  
Martha C. Nussbaum, With a new preface by the author. 
 - New edition. 
 - 168 pages ;  21 cm 
 - Princeton classics The public square .
 - Princeton classics  .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Acknowledgments<br/>I. The Silent Crisis<br/>II. Education for Profit, Education for Democracy<br/>III. Educating Citizens: The Moral (and Anti-Moral) Emotions<br/>IV. Socratic Pedagogy: The Importance of Argument<br/>V. Citizens of the World<br/>VI. Cultivating Imagination: Literature and the Arts<br/>VII. Democratic Education on the Ropes<br/>Afterword to the Paperback Edition<br/><br/>Reflections on the Future of the Humanities — at Home and Abroad<br/><br/>Notes<br/>Index 
<br/><br/> "Philosopher Martha Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of education. Nussbaum argues that we must resist efforts to reduce education to a tool of the gross national product. Rather, we must work to reconnect education to the humanities in order to give students the capacity to be true democratic citizens of their countries and the world"--  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780691264394 (paperback) 0691264392 (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2024934499 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Educación Humanística --Filosofía <br/>Educación y democracia
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LC 1011  / N975n 2024