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America goes to college : political theory for the liberal arts / John E. Seery.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seery, John Evan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Humanistic--United States.
- Education, Humanistic.
- United States.
- Education, Higher--Political aspects--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- Education, Higher--Political aspects.
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
- Physical Description:
- x, 246 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2002]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Political Theory for the Liberal Arts 1
- Canons
- 1 My Turn: A Great Bookish Tell-all 21
- 2 The Columbus Controversy as Confession 49
- Colleges
- 3 George Kateb's Main Thing 63
- 4 What Teaching at Pomona College Means to Me 79
- Controversies
- 5 Moral Perfectionism and Abortion Politics 91
- 6 Political Philosophy in the Twilight of an Idol 107
- Canvases
- 7 Grant Wood's Political Gothic 117
- 8 Do Media Studies Belong in a Liberal Arts Curriculum? 139
- Compositions
- 9 Unremembered Acts Remembered 147
- 10 Castles in the Air: An Essay on Political Foundations 153
- Commissions
- 11 Political Theory in the Twentieth Century 179
- 12 America Goes to College: A Manifesto of Sorts 193.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0791455912
- 0791455920
- OCLC:
- 50041200
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