The Resource Why education is useless, Daniel Cottom
Why education is useless, Daniel Cottom
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- Summary
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- "With wit and precision, Why Education Is Useless engages those who attack learning by focusing on topics such as the nature of humanity, love, beauty, and identity as well as academic scandals, identity politics, multiculturalism, and the corporatization of academe. Asserting that hostility toward education cannot be dismissed as the reaction of barbarians, fools, and nihilists, Daniel Cottom brings a fresh perspective to all these topics while still making the debates about them comprehensible to those who are not academic insiders
- A brilliant and provocative work of cultural argument and analysis, Why Education Is Useless brings in materials from literature, philosophy, art, film, and other fields and proceeds from the assumption that hostility to education is an extremely complex phenomenon, both historically and in contemporary American life. According to Cottom, we must understand the perdurable appeal of this antagonism if we are to have any chance of recognizing its manifestations - and countering them."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 245
- Contents
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- Why education is useless
- Humanity
- Love
- Beauty
- Identity
- Survival
- Utility
- Isbn
- 9780812237207
- Label
- Why education is useless
- Title
- Why education is useless
- Statement of responsibility
- Daniel Cottom
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "With wit and precision, Why Education Is Useless engages those who attack learning by focusing on topics such as the nature of humanity, love, beauty, and identity as well as academic scandals, identity politics, multiculturalism, and the corporatization of academe. Asserting that hostility toward education cannot be dismissed as the reaction of barbarians, fools, and nihilists, Daniel Cottom brings a fresh perspective to all these topics while still making the debates about them comprehensible to those who are not academic insiders
- A brilliant and provocative work of cultural argument and analysis, Why Education Is Useless brings in materials from literature, philosophy, art, film, and other fields and proceeds from the assumption that hostility to education is an extremely complex phenomenon, both historically and in contemporary American life. According to Cottom, we must understand the perdurable appeal of this antagonism if we are to have any chance of recognizing its manifestations - and countering them."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cottom, Daniel
- Dewey number
- 370/.1
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- LB14.7
- LC item number
- .C69 2003
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Education
- Label
- Why education is useless, Daniel Cottom
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-234) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Why education is useless -- Humanity -- Love -- Beauty -- Identity -- Survival -- Utility
- Control code
- 51306909
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 245
- Isbn
- 9780812237207
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2002045599
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- Why education is useless, Daniel Cottom
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-234) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Why education is useless -- Humanity -- Love -- Beauty -- Identity -- Survival -- Utility
- Control code
- 51306909
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 245
- Isbn
- 9780812237207
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2002045599
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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