The knowledge most worth having / edited by Wayne C. Booth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Booth, Wayne C.

University of Chicago.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Education, Humanistic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 212 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1967.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Knowledge Most Worth Having represents the essence of education at the University of Chicago-faculty and students grappling with key intellectual questions that span the humanities, while still acknowledging the need to acquire a depth of knowledge in one's chosen field. The papers collected here were delivered during an often-heated conference at the university in 1966, and include contributions from such scholars as Northrop Frye, Richard McKeon, and, of course, the dean of the college, Wayne Booth himself. Taken as a whole, they present a passionate defense of liberal education, one that remains highly relevant today.

Contents:

Front matter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

IS THERE ANY KNOWLEDGE THAT A MAN MUST HAVE?

RETURNING COALS TO NEWCASTLE

THE INSTRUMENTS OF MENTAL PRODUCTION

A TRANSATLANTIC VIEW OF "WHAT KNOWLEDGE IS WORTH HAVING"

UNDERGRADUATES AND THE SCIENTIFIC ENTERPRISE

DIVERSITY

EDUCATION AND THE CONTEMPORARY WOMAN

PLATONIC EDUCATION

THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS

THE ROLE OF A LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE WITHIN A UNIVERSITY

Notes:

"A publication of the seventy-fifth anniversary year of the University of Chicago."

"Papers ... delivered at a five-day liberal arts conference sponsored by the undergraduate College of the University of Chicago."

ISBN:

9786611959173

9781281959171

1281959170

9780226065700

0226065707

OCLC:

476229564