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.

Education, Higher--Political aspects--United States.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, C2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A rallying cry on behalf of a distinctly American institution of higher learning—the small liberal arts college—America Goes to College combines broad-based scholarship with personal narrative and reflection. In a highly entertaining manner, John E. Seery showcases the precarious successes of a well-rounded liberal arts college education, while at the same time signaling some of the dangers that loom on the horizon. Seery contends that the liberal arts are best pursued within the face-to-face interactive setting, characteristic of the small college classroom, as opposed to the large university lecture hall. Moreover and more provocatively, he identifies political theorists as the proper custodians and practitioners of the liberal arts tradition as it unfolds today. It is the unfettered freedom of the small liberal arts college, where vision and practice can actually coincide, that makes it the embodiment of the advantages of the American higher education system—a national treasure deserving of support.

Contents:

""America Goes to College""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. My Turn: A Great Bookish Tell-all""; ""2. The Columbus Controversy as Confession""; ""3. George Kateb's Main Thing""; ""4. What Teaching at Pomona College Means to Me""; ""5. Moral Perfectionism and Abortion Politics""; ""6. Political Philosophy in the Twilight of an Idol""; ""7. Grant Wood's Political Gothic""; ""8. Do Media Studies Belong in a Liberal Arts Curriculum?""; ""9. Unremembered Acts Remembered""; ""10. Castles in the Air""; ""11. Political Theory in the Twentieth Century""

""12. America Goes to College""""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780791487525

0791487520

OCLC:

811410504