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Idealism and liberal education / James O. Freedman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freedman, James O.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- Education, Humanistic--United States.
- Education, Humanistic.
- Idealism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (195 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2000, c1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An eloquent tribute to the value of the liberal education.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Life and Letters
- Becoming an Educator
- The Joys of Collecting Books
- A Dukedom Large Enough
- Presidential Prose
- The Stillness and the Courage
- 2. Content and Character in Liberal Education
- The Teaching of Values in a Liberal Education
- The Promise of Equality
- The Organization of Knowledge
- Science and Liberal Learning
- Liberal Education and the Legal Profession
- The Lessons of the Law
- The Professor's Life
- 3. Models for Shaping a Life
- Public Selves, Private Selves
- The Power of Idealism
- The Value of Intellectuals
- Insiders and Outsiders
- Thurgood Marshall: Man of Character
- The Capacity of Imagination
- Originals and Copies
- Those Who Are Truly Great
- Ordinary Backgrounds, Extraordinary Men
- Essayists and Solitude
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-60469-4
- 9786612604690
- 0-472-02383-7
- OCLC:
- 732605523
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