The Battle of the Classics : How a Nineteenth-Century Debate Can Save the Humanities Today - 9780197680810

This book analyzes crucial episodes in the history of American higher education in order to discover the best way to rescue the humanities. It urges apologists to stop focusing on the humanistic disciplines as inculcators of poorly defined skills and envisions a globalized approach to education based on humanistic masterworks.

• | : Eric Adler (Associate Professor of Classics, Associate Professor of Classics, University of Maryland)
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• | Publication Date: Feb 08, 2023
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 019768081X
• | ISBN-13: 9780197680810