TY - BOOK AU - Nussbaum,Martha Craven TI - Not for profit: why democracy needs the humanities T2 - The public square book series SN - 9780691140643 AV - LC1011 U1 - 370.11/5 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Princeton, NJ [u.a.] PB - Princeton University Press KW - Education, Humanistic KW - Philosophy KW - Democracy and education KW - Philosophie KW - Politische Theorie N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The silent crisis -- Education for profit, education for democracy -- Educating citizens : the moral (and anti-moral) emotions -- Citizens of the world -- Cultivating imagination : literature and the arts -- Democratic education on the ropes N2 - "Philosopher Martha Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of education. Nussbaum argues that we must resist efforts to reduce education to a tool of the gross national product. Rather, we must work to reconnect education to the humanities in order to give students the capacity to be true democratic citizens of their countries and the world"--Jacket ER -