The most substantial contribution of the humanities to public life - TopicsExpress



          

The most substantial contribution of the humanities to public life ... come[s] through ... extending the most fundamental element of a real humanities education — the power to doubt and then to reimagine ...economic power, political power... are finally dependent on the power of imagination, which is why Shelley called poets the unacknowledged legislators of the world. We cannot be a democracy if this power is allowed to become a luxury commodity. bangordailynews/2014/01/17/opinion/when-humanities-classrooms-are-full-of-grace/?ref=OpinionBox
Posted on: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 16:57:28 +0000

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