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Teaching the Humanities in a Fractious World

Teaching the Humanities in a Fractious World

Gavin Kitching

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2025
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Filosofía
ISBN:
9781032984018
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In this book the author directly confronts an ever more popular suspicion - that a university education in the humanities and social sciences is actually an ’elitist’ indoctrination into ’leftist’ or ’liberal’ views.

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