The battle of the classics : how a nineteenth-century debate can save the humanities today / Eric Adler.
2020
LC1023
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Title
The battle of the classics : how a nineteenth-century debate can save the humanities today / Eric Adler.
Author
Adler, Eric, 1973- author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780197518816 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Call Number
LC1023
Dewey Decimal Classification
378.0120973
Summary
'The Battle of the Classics' criticizes contemporary apologetics for the humanities and presents a historically informed case for a decidedly different approach to rescuing the humanistic disciplines in American higher education. It uses the so-called Battle of the Classics of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as a springboard for crafting a novel foundation for the humanistic tradition. The text argues that current defences of the humanities rely on the humanistic disciplines as inculcators of certain poorly defined skills such as 'critical thinking.'
Note
'The Battle of the Classics' criticizes contemporary apologetics for the humanities and presents a historically informed case for a decidedly different approach to rescuing the humanistic disciplines in American higher education. It uses the so-called Battle of the Classics of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as a springboard for crafting a novel foundation for the humanistic tradition. The text argues that current defences of the humanities rely on the humanistic disciplines as inculcators of certain poorly defined skills such as 'critical thinking.'
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 27, 2020).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780197518786
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