TY - BOOK AU - Nussbaum,Martha C. TI - Not for profit: why democracy needs the humanities T2 - Princeton classics SN - 9780691264394 (paperback) AV - LC 1011 N975n 2024 PY - 2024/// CY - Princeton, NJ PB - Princeton University Press KW - Educación Humanística KW - Filosofía KW - Educación y democracia N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Acknowledgments I. The Silent Crisis II. Education for Profit, Education for Democracy III. Educating Citizens: The Moral (and Anti-Moral) Emotions IV. Socratic Pedagogy: The Importance of Argument V. Citizens of the World VI. Cultivating Imagination: Literature and the Arts VII. Democratic Education on the Ropes Afterword to the Paperback Edition Reflections on the Future of the Humanities — at Home and Abroad Notes Index N2 - "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"-- ER -