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In Defense of a Liberal Education
Fareed Zakaria
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Description for In Defense of a Liberal Education
Paperback. CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria argues for a renewed commitment to the world's most valuable educational tradition. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
The liberal arts are under attack. Degree courses like English and history, once very popular and highly respected, are in steep decline. In the US President Obama recently urged students to keep in mind that technical training could be more valuable than a degree in art history. In this urgently needed book, Fareed Zakaria argues that this turn away from the liberal arts is a mistake. A liberal education teaches you how to write, how to speak your mind and how to learn-immensely valuable tools no matter what your profession. Technology and globalisation are actually making these skills even more ... Read more
The liberal arts are under attack. Degree courses like English and history, once very popular and highly respected, are in steep decline. In the US President Obama recently urged students to keep in mind that technical training could be more valuable than a degree in art history. In this urgently needed book, Fareed Zakaria argues that this turn away from the liberal arts is a mistake. A liberal education teaches you how to write, how to speak your mind and how to learn-immensely valuable tools no matter what your profession. Technology and globalisation are actually making these skills even more ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393352344
SKU
V9780393352344
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About Fareed Zakaria
Fareed Zakaria has been called the most influential foreign policy adviser of his generation (Esquire). He is the Emmy-nominated host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS, contributing editor for The Atlantic, a columnist for the Washington Post, and the best-selling author of The Post-American World and The Future of Freedom. He lives in New York City.
Reviews for In Defense of a Liberal Education
In Defense of a Liberal Education brilliantly and provocatively argues that the university is much more than a vocational school. The flight from the liberal arts is leaving us impoverished. Zakaria's book couldn't have come at a more valuable ti
Malcolm Gladwell
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