How the liberal arts can save liberal democracy / Steven M. Delue.

"The essential relationship between the liberal arts and liberal democracy is defined in terms of the former providing to the latter both a discourse of mutual respect and an enlarged culture. What corrodes liberal arts within colleges and universities must be addressed, lest liberal democracy be pl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: DeLue, Steven M., 1945- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
Subjects:
Education, Humanistic > United States > Influence.
Education, Higher > Political aspects > United States.
Democracy > United States.
Physical Description:xv, 277 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The liberal arts and liberal democracy
  • The liberal arts and liberal democracy: values and capacities
  • Enlightenment vice/enlightenment virtue
  • The Kierkegaard dilemma : bridging to autonomy
  • Political liberalism
  • Universities, colleges, and the liberal arts
  • Major issues in preserving the liberal arts
  • Liberal arts, liberal democracy : fighting nihilism
  • The dark cloud hanging over liberal democracy.