Standing with the public : the humanities and democratic practice / edited by James F. Veninga and Noëlle McAfee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Veninga, James F. (James Frank), 1944-

McAfee, Noëlle, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanities--United States.

Humanities.

Humanities--Political aspects--United States.

Humanities--Political aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

214 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Dayton, Ohio : Kettering Foundation Press, [1997]

Summary:

For thirty years, the National Endowment for the Humanities has stood for the humanities as vitally important to a democratic nation. Yet to many Americans the Connection still seems tenuous. What can the humanities bring to public life? How can democratic practice include the humanities? Over a three-year period representatives of the Kettering Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Federation of State Humanities Councils held a continuing "conversation" on these questions. This book, a product of that extensive dialogue, suggests ways in which the humanities community can better interact with the public to increase civic participation and enhance deliberations on important issues.

Contents:

Introduction

Part One : The Humanities and Democratic Culture

The Public Intellectual as Transgressor? : Addressing the Disconnection between Expert and Civil Culture / Wiliam M. Sullivan

Academic Knowledge and Political Democracy in the Age of the University / Thomas Bender

Ways of Knowing : The Humanities and the Public Sphere / Noelle McAfee

Education for Political life / Alejandro Sanz de Santamaria

Deliberation and Technical Reasoning : The Role of the Humanities in a Democracy / Peter Levine

Part Two : The Public Work of the Humanities

The Realm of Seriousness : The Public Role of the Humanitues Scholar / Jamil S. Zainaldin

On Listening Deeply : The Moral imperative of the Humanities / Tomas N. Santos

Public Journalism : A Case for Public Scholarship / Jay Rosen

A Surplus of Seeing : Bakhtin, the Humanities and Public Discourse / Max R. Harris

The Humanities and the Civic Imagination / James F. Veninga

The Humanities and the Democracy of Everyday Life / Jean Bethke Elshtain

Afterword: Inventing Pubic Scholarship / David Mathews

Appendix : Case Studies of the Humanities Engaged

Milwaukee, Wisconsin's Sherman Park / Michael A. Gordon

Walthill, Nebraska / Jo Taylor

Lockhart, San Marcos, and Wimberley, Texas / Edward S. Mihalkanin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.

ISBN:

0923993053

9780923993054

OCLC:

39879773