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

"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"-- Provided by publisher.