The Humanist as citizen /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Agresto, John, Riesenberg, Peter N., 1925-, Frankel, Charles, 1917-1979
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Chapel Hill] : National Humanities Center : [1981]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Why the humanities? / Charles Frankel
  • The true political man / Samuel Scolnicov
  • Isaac Newton and humanistic values in science / B.J.T. Dobbs
  • Joel Barlow, the man of letters as citizen / Lewis Leary
  • Lincoln, statesmanship, and the humanities / John Agresto
  • Friends and friendship, Greek style / Gerald F. Else
  • The moral issue is Sebastian Brant's Ship of fools / Carl Nordenfalk
  • The flight from history in mid-eighteenth century poetry and twentieth-century criticism / John Sitter
  • Doing literature on Dover Beach / Muriel Bradbrook
  • Elitism and culture / Abraham Edel and Elizabeth Flower
  • The value of the humanities, a folklorist's view / Richard M. Dorson
  • Encounters with the international educator / Torsten Husen
  • The humanities, the universities, and public policy / William Bennett
  • The physician as citizen / Nicholas P. Christy
  • The humanist and his dilemmas / Jacob L. Talmon
  • Charles Frankel, the humanist as citizen / William Leuchtenburg.