{"product_id":"the-liberating-arts-why-we-need-liberal-arts-education-hardcover","title":"The Liberating Arts: Why We Need Liberal Arts Education - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeffrey Bilbro\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJessica Hooten Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDavid Henreckson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA new generation of teachers envisions a liberal arts education that is good for everyone.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy would anyone study the liberal arts?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e It's no secret that the liberal arts have fallen out of favor and are struggling to prove their relevance. The cost of college pushes students to majors and degrees with more obvious career outcomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA new cohort of educators isn't taking this lying down.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e They realize they need to reimagine and rearticulate what a liberal arts education is for, and what it might look like in today's world. In this book, they make an honest reckoning with the history and current state of the liberal arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou may have heard - or asked - some of these questions yourself: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAren't the liberal arts a waste of time?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e How will reading old books and discussing abstract ideas help us feed the hungry, liberate the oppressed and reverse climate change? \u003cem\u003eActually, we first need to understand what we mean by truth, the good life, and justice.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAren't the liberal arts racist?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e The \"great books\" are mostly by privileged dead white males. \u003cem\u003eDespite these objections, for centuries the liberal arts have been a resource for those working for a better world. Here's how we can benefit from ancient voices while expanding the conversation.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAren't the liberal arts liberal?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Aren't humanities professors mostly progressive ideologues who indoctrinate students? \u003cem\u003eIn fact, the liberal arts are an age-old tradition of moral formation, teaching people to think for themselves and learn from other perspectives.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAren't the liberal arts elitist?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Hasn't humanities education too often excluded poor people and minorities? \u003cem\u003eWhile that has sometime been the case, these educators map out well-proven ways to include people of all social and educational backgrounds.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAren't the liberal arts a bad career investment?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e I really just want to get a well-paying job and not end up as an overeducated barista. \u003cem\u003eThe numbers - and the people hiring - tell a different story.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this book, educators mount a vigorous defense\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e of the humanist tradition, but also chart a path forward, building on their tradition's strengths and addressing its failures. In each chapter, dispatches from innovators describe concrete ways this is being put into practice, showing that the liberal arts are not only viable today, but vital to our future.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors include Emily Auerbach, Nathan Beacom, Jeffrey Bilbro, Joseph Clair, Margarita Mooney Clayton, Lydia Dugdale, Brad East, Don Eben, Becky L. Eggimann, Rachel Griffis, David Henreckson, Zena Hitz, David Hsu, L. 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