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Classics: A Discipline and Profession in Crisis? by Phyllis Culham β€” book cover

Classics: A Discipline and Profession in Crisis?

by Phyllis Culham, Lowell Edmunds (Editor), Alden Smith
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Overview

Books like "The Closing of the American Mind" and debates like the one over the Stanford reading list have called for reconsideration of the role of the Greek and Roman classics in American education. This collection meets that challenge by offering classicists of divergent viewpoints the opportunity to rethink Classics as a discipline. Contents: "The State of the Classics; Classics as a Profession; Classics as an Academic Discipline;" and "The Classics Community."

Synopsis

Books like "The Closing of the American Mind" and debates like the one over the Stanford reading list have called for reconsideration of the role of the Greek and Roman classics in American education. This collection meets that challenge by offering classicists of divergent viewpoints the opportunity to rethink Classics as a discipline. Contents: "The State of the Classics; Classics as a Profession; Classics as an Academic Discipline;" and "The Classics Community."

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Editorials

The Classical Journal

...much of this absorbing book is...full of good sense and practical wisdom.

Women's Classical Caucus Newsletter

...bravely and ably edited....Evidence of this much creativity and passion among our colleagues is cause for gratitude, and we are all in their debt.

Book Details

Published
October 1, 1989
Publisher
University Press of America
Pages
410
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780819174505

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