Inside the Liberal Arts - Critical Thinking and Citizenship

Scheuer guides us through the moral and conceptual heart of the liberal education ideal.

List of contents

Preface
Chapter 1: THE LIBERAL ARTS IDEA
Chapter 2: THE LIBERAL ARTS AND TRIANGULAR CITIZENSHIP
Chapter 3: THE LIBERAL ARTS AS CRITICAL INQUIRY
Chapter 4: LANGUAGE LESSONS
Chapter 5: THE RANGE OF RATIONALITY
Chapter 6: DEFINING CRITICAL THINKING
Chapter 7: THE SPECTRUM OF CRITICAL THINKING
Chapter 8: ANALYSIS 101
Chapter 9: ANALYSIS AND AMBIGUITY
Chapter 10: THE USES OF COMPLEXITY
Chapter 11: TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES
Chapter 12: THE RIDDLE OF CAUSALITY
Chapter 13: MORALITY AND THE LIBERAL ARTS
Chapter 14: DEMOCRACY AND THE LIBERAL ARTS

About the author

Jeffrey S. Scheuer is the author of two previous books on media and politics, The Sound Bite Society: How Television Helps the Right and Hurts the Left (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1999; Routledge, 2001), a Choice "Outstanding Academic Title," and The Big Picture: Why Democracies Need Journalistic Excellence (Routledge, 2007). He lives in New York City and West Tisbury, Mass.

Summary

Scheuer guides us through the moral and conceptual heart of the liberal education ideal.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Scheuer, Jeffrey S. Scheuer, Scheuer Jeffrey
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9781475869873
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-6987-3
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; PHILOSOPHY / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Philosophy and theory of education, Teaching of a specific subject, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Educational: Art & design, Educational: Social sciences, Educational: Arts, general, Educational: Humanities and social sciences, general, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Arts & Humanities, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, Educational: Humanities & social sciences, general