nytimes.com — Questions about the importance of the liberal arts in a complex and technologically demanding world have taken on new urgency. Feb 25, 2009 View in Crawl 4
jeremycostinMar 3, 2009
There are a few points in the article I would like to explore, from the perspective of someone who has partaken of the pastures on both sides of the fence. First of all, I suggest that the dichotomy of liberal arts - the humanities - as an Ivory Tower luxury opposite the greenback-printing mill of technical disciplines is an artificial dichotomy. Secondly, I suggest that it is a dangerous one. More: <a class="user" href="http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/humanities/the-value-of-liberal-arts-in-a-recession/">http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/humanities/the-v ...</a>
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jeremycostinMar 3, 2009
There are a few points in the article I would like to explore, from the perspective of someone who has partaken of the pastures on both sides of the fence. First of all, I suggest that the dichotomy of liberal arts - the humanities - as an Ivory Tower luxury opposite the greenback-printing mill of technical disciplines is an artificial dichotomy. Secondly, I suggest that it is a dangerous one. More: <a class="user" href="http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/humanities/the-value-of-liberal-arts-in-a-recession/">http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/humanities/the-v ...</a>