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Would we have writers and free thinkers or people that dedicate their whole lives to making something for everyone to enjoy without the humanities? We might, but probably not to the extent or variety that we have right now. I think without…"
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First, I want to welcome everyone who joins us and say that I very much look forward to an interesting and lively exchange of comments, ideas, and perspectives on this important book and on the…Continue
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Ron Perrin replied to Gerald A Fetz's discussion 'Roundtable Book Club - Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities'
"Hey Jerry, I thought I had sent you a longer reply but I seem to have some trouble transmitting the whole of my remarks. At any rate they were about my irritation at Nussbaum's repeated references to critical thought as though…"
Ken Egan replied to Gerald A Fetz's discussion 'Roundtable Book Club - Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities'
"Thanks so much for leading this crucial discussion, Jerry. This is one of those threads that folks will return to often as they mull the fate of the humanities in our schools, colleges, universities, and public. We NEED good…"
Gerald A Fetz replied to Gerald A Fetz's discussion 'Roundtable Book Club - Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities'
"Ron--my apologies for mis-quoting you. I should have gone back and checked your earlier comment. I think that "commodification" does aptly describe what has happened in many ways to higher education in the US. I also think, however, that…"
Ron Perrin replied to Gerald A Fetz's discussion 'Roundtable Book Club - Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities'
"Hey all, I'm finally starting to catch up with you and the discussion. While I havn't finished the Nussbaum I do have a few random observations.
First, the term I used to desciibe what is happening to higher education was…"
Gerald A Fetz replied to Gerald A Fetz's discussion 'Roundtable Book Club - Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities'
"This posting will be brief--it's a beautiful Saturday morning here in Missoula! First, just a quick follow-up on my last comment above. One suggestion for how to get "stories" about why the humanities are important, not just for those…"
Gerald A Fetz replied to Gerald A Fetz's discussion 'Roundtable Book Club - Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities'
"I agree wholeheartedly with these comments that both of you, Kim and Ken, added to our discussion in the last couple of days! I do think that we "professors" and other humanities "professionals" spend a lot of time and energy…"
Ken Egan replied to Gerald A Fetz's discussion 'Roundtable Book Club - Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities'
"Great comment, Kim. So maybe we should shift our appeal from doing the humanities to nurturing/supporting/building what's already going on? Something like, "Look around--the humanities are happening all the time. …"
Kim Anderson replied to Gerald A Fetz's discussion 'Roundtable Book Club - Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities'
"I struggle with this question "how to make a case for the humanities." Mostly because, as a non-academic I want to scream that people everywhere, every day are "doing" the humanities. Granted, usually not very well. And a return…"
Ken Egan replied to Gerald A Fetz's discussion 'Roundtable Book Club - Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities'
"Thank you so much for asking these critical questions, Jerry! I can't wait to read others' insights--but I can't resist using this prompt as the occasion to share some of HM's main arguments to see whether they really hold…"
Gerald A Fetz replied to Gerald A Fetz's discussion 'Roundtable Book Club - Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities'
"I think that Luana's comments were excellent, and I would hope that a closer relationship with SKC, which she invited President Engstrom to enter into, would lead to mutually beneficial "exchanges" of both students and faculty, and…"
Ken Egan replied to Gerald A Fetz's discussion 'Roundtable Book Club - Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities'
"Wonderful, full post, Jerry. As you might expect, "Cultivating Imagination" is my favorite theme in Nussbaum's book, because it plays to my obsession with literature. I really do believe that novels and poems provide…"
Gerald A Fetz replied to Gerald A Fetz's discussion 'Roundtable Book Club - Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities'
"And I have talked with many colleagues from across the country at all kinds of colleges and universities, and I have made accreditation site visits to many in our region, and my strong impression is that Ken is right: the pressure toward…"
Ken Egan replied to Gerald A Fetz's discussion 'Roundtable Book Club - Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities'
"As someone who taught at three private liberal arts colleges--Middlebury (Vermont), Rocky Mountain College (Montana), and Drury University (Missouri)--I have to say that the same pressures toward professionalization are operating at these…"
Gerald A Fetz replied to Gerald A Fetz's discussion 'Roundtable Book Club - Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities'
"Ron--Nussbaum does differentiate here and there between the two major kinds of institutions you mention and cites the "liberal arts colleges" as the ones who have tended to hold on to that tradition more strongly than the others, probably…"
Ron Perrin replied to Gerald A Fetz's discussion 'Roundtable Book Club - Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities'
"Thanks for the full response Jerry. Once I have read the book I may be able to add something to this discussion. If it isn't too late. Meanwhile I'm wondering if you share my sense that there is a great divide in academia…"
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