Formations of Secular Liberal Arts Education: A Critique of Martha Nussbaum’s Education for Democratic Citizenship
Education for economic advancement has become the dominant form of education in the advanced world, especially in the United States.1 This has not been universally accepted as good news. For instance, William Deresiewicz recently described the state of American education in New Republic magazine as...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2021
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2021, Volume: 63, Issue: 4, Pages: 573-589 |
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Education
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/ Secularism
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| IxTheo Classification: | ZF Education |
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| Summary: | Education for economic advancement has become the dominant form of education in the advanced world, especially in the United States.1 This has not been universally accepted as good news. For instance, William Deresiewicz recently described the state of American education in New Republic magazine as a system focused only on the development of expertise, producing smart and talented students who are experts in their field, “but also anxious, timid, and lost, with little intellectual curiosity and stunted sense of purpose … great at what they're doing but with no idea why they’re doing it.”2 Similarly, Martha Nussbaum has devoted a litany of books and articles as warning against this pervasive form of education.3 In her crusade against educating for economic success, she has championed a philosophy of education she calls “educating for democratic citizenship.”4 She believes the purpose of education is moral formation with an emphasis... |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csaa061 |