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Book Rescuing Socrates

Download or read book Rescuing Socrates written by Roosevelt Montas and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-21 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Dominican-born academic tells the story of how the Great Books transformed his life—and why they have the power to speak to people of all backgrounds What is the value of a liberal education? Traditionally characterized by a rigorous engagement with the classics of Western thought and literature, this approach to education is all but extinct in American universities, replaced by flexible distribution requirements and ever-narrower academic specialization. Many academics attack the very idea of a Western canon as chauvinistic, while the general public increasingly doubts the value of the humanities. In Rescuing Socrates, Dominican-born American academic Roosevelt Montás tells the story of how a liberal education transformed his life, and offers an intimate account of the relevance of the Great Books today, especially to members of historically marginalized communities. Montás emigrated from the Dominican Republic to Queens, New York, when he was twelve and encountered the Western classics as an undergraduate in Columbia University’s renowned Core Curriculum, one of America’s last remaining Great Books programs. The experience changed his life and determined his career—he went on to earn a PhD in English and comparative literature, serve as director of Columbia’s Center for the Core Curriculum, and start a Great Books program for low-income high school students who aspire to be the first in their families to attend college. Weaving together memoir and literary reflection, Rescuing Socrates describes how four authors—Plato, Augustine, Freud, and Gandhi—had a profound impact on Montás’s life. In doing so, the book drives home what it’s like to experience a liberal education—and why it can still remake lives.

Book A New Foreign Policy

Download or read book A New Foreign Policy written by Jeffrey D. Sachs and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sobering analysis of American foreign policy under Trump, the award-winning economist calls for a new approach to international engagement. The American Century began in 1941 and ended in 2017, on the day of President Trump’s inauguration. The subsequent turn toward nationalism and “America first” unilateralism did not made America great. It announced the abdication of our responsibilities in the face of environmental crises, political upheaval, mass migration, and other global challenges. As a result, America no longer dominates geopolitics or the world economy as it once did. In this incisive and passionate book, Jeffrey D. Sachs provides the blueprint for a new foreign policy that embraces global cooperation, international law, and aspirations for worldwide prosperity. He argues that America’s approach to the world must shift from military might and wars of choice to a commitment to shared objectives of sustainable development. A New Foreign Policy explores both the danger of the “America first” mindset and the possibilities for a new way forward, proposing timely and achievable plans to foster global economic growth, reconfigure the United Nations for the twenty-first century, and build a multipolar world that is prosperous, peaceful, fair, and resilient.

Book Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments  Proposed Amendments  and Amending Issues  1789   2015  2 volumes

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments Proposed Amendments and Amending Issues 1789 2015 2 volumes written by John R. Vile and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 941 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its fourth edition and completely updated, this is the most comprehensive book on constitutional amendments and proposed amendments available. Although only 27 amendments have ever been added to the U.S. Constitution, the last one having been ratified in 1992, throughout American history, members of Congress have introduced more than 11,000 amendments, and countless individuals outside of Congress have advanced their own proposals to revise the Constitution—the wellspring of America's legal, political, and cultural foundations. At a time when calls for a new constitutional convention are on the rise, it is essential for students of political science and history as well as American citizens to understand proposed alternatives. This updated edition of the established standard for high school and college libraries as well as public and law libraries serves as the go-to reference for learning about existing constitutional amendments, proposed amendments, and the issues related to them. An alphabetically arranged two-volume set, it contains more than 500 entries that discuss amendments that have been proposed in Congress from 1789 to the present. It also discusses prominent proposals for extensive constitutional changes introduced outside Congress as well as discussions of major amending issues.

Book Federal Register

Download or read book Federal Register written by and published by . This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Foreign Trade and Tariff Proposals

Download or read book Foreign Trade and Tariff Proposals written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Official Index to The Times

Download or read book The Official Index to The Times written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book BPA Proposed FY 1976 Program

Download or read book BPA Proposed FY 1976 Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments  Proposed Amendments  and Amending Issues  1789 2023  2 volumes

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments Proposed Amendments and Amending Issues 1789 2023 2 volumes written by John R. Vile and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2023-10-19 with total page 767 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a leading scholar of the constitutional amending process, this two-volume encyclopedia, now in its fifth edition, is an indispensable resource for students, legal historians, and high school and college librarians. This authoritative reference resource provides a history and analysis of all 27 ratified amendments to the Constitution, as well as insights and information on thousands of other amendments that have been proposed but never ratified from America's birth until the present day. The set also includes a rich bibliography of informative books, articles, and other media related to constitutional amendments and the amending process.

Book Foreign Trade and Tariff Proposals  June 14  17  1968  pp  1313 1828  pt  5  June 18  1968  pp  1829 2348

Download or read book Foreign Trade and Tariff Proposals June 14 17 1968 pp 1313 1828 pt 5 June 18 1968 pp 1829 2348 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 1886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Reports

Download or read book Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Reports written by United States. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and published by . This book was released on with total page 2414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book President s economic growth proposals

Download or read book President s economic growth proposals written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Harper s Weekly

Download or read book Harper s Weekly written by John Bonner and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ending Taxation Without Representation

Download or read book Ending Taxation Without Representation written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book National Harbor Project

Download or read book National Harbor Project written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 1410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Congressional Record

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  • Author : United States. Congress
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  • Release : 1966
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1428 pages

Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 1428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Book SEC Docket

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1975
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 586 pages

Download or read book SEC Docket written by United States. Securities and Exchange Commission and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: