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The Art of Freedom. Teaching the Humanities to the Poor.
Earl Shorris
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Description for The Art of Freedom. Teaching the Humanities to the Poor.
Hardback. A conversation in a prison cell sparks an ambitious undertaking to attack the roots of long-term poverty. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 500.
Seeking answers to the toughest questions about poverty in the United States, Earl Shorris had looked everywhere. At last, one resounding answer came from a conversation with a woman in a maximum-security prison: the difference between rich and poor is the humanities. Shorris took that idea and started a course at the Clemente Family Guidance Center in New York. With a faculty of friends, he began teaching the great works of literature and philosophy—from Plato to Kant, from Cervantes to Garcia Marquez—at the college level to dropouts, immigrants, and ex-prisoners. From that first class came two dentists, a nurse, two ... Read more
Seeking answers to the toughest questions about poverty in the United States, Earl Shorris had looked everywhere. At last, one resounding answer came from a conversation with a woman in a maximum-security prison: the difference between rich and poor is the humanities. Shorris took that idea and started a course at the Clemente Family Guidance Center in New York. With a faculty of friends, he began teaching the great works of literature and philosophy—from Plato to Kant, from Cervantes to Garcia Marquez—at the college level to dropouts, immigrants, and ex-prisoners. From that first class came two dentists, a nurse, two ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393081275
SKU
V9780393081275
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About Earl Shorris
Earl Shorris (1936–2012) was the author of many works of both fiction and non-fiction including Latinos, Under the Fifth Sun, In the Language of Kings, and Riches for the Poor. He was awarded a National Humanities Medal by President Clinton for his founding of the Clemente Course in the Humanities®, Inc.
Reviews for The Art of Freedom. Teaching the Humanities to the Poor.
"Earl Shorris was the most authentic and radical of educators: he thought the poor were human, entitled to know as much as anyone else. Told with verve and humor, this memoir might inspire a revolution."
John R. MacArthur, president and publisher, Harper’s "To read The Art of Freedom is to learn what should be the first and fundamental purpose ... Read more
John R. MacArthur, president and publisher, Harper’s "To read The Art of Freedom is to learn what should be the first and fundamental purpose ... Read more