Getting the Fodder Down Where the Calves Can Reach It: Or, What Good are the Humanities, Anyhow?.

Maxwell, W. David

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Publication Date: 1978-Oct

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Getting the Fodder Down Where the Calves Can Reach It: Or, What Good are the Humanities, Anyhow?

Maxwell, W. David

Liberal Education, v64 n3 p357-64 Oct 1978

In this commentary the author responds to critics who question the value of teaching the humanities and also points out some weaknesses in the arguments of humanists themselves, including his opinion that most of their arguments are meaningful only to other humanists and do nothing to sway their critics. (JMD)

Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Evaluative Thinking, Higher Education, Humanistic Education, Humanities, Humanities Instruction, Liberal Arts, Persuasive Discourse, Program Content

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