Liberal Education and Democracy by Bob Pepperman Taylor - 9780268209551

Liberal Education and DemocracyAuthor(s): Bob Pepperman Taylor\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Notre Dame Press, United States\nImprint: University of Notre Dame Press\nISBN-13: 9780268209551, 978-0268209551\nSynopsis\nLiberal Education and Democracy addresses three vital arguments for liberal education and its integral relationship to democracy.\n\n Liberal education is currently under attack as both politically subversive and economically impractical. In Liberal Education and Democracy, Bob Pepperman Taylor evaluates both the defenses that have been offered for liberal education and the complex relationship between liberal education and democracy. He offers a compelling case for maintaining a strong commitment to this form of education as an essential good for all citizens.\n\n His three primary arguments for liberal education are that it prepares students to be useful contributors to the economy, that it prepares citizens to be thoughtful and responsible, and that it c.