03/2/18

What was Liberal Education?

“What was Liberal Education” (https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/what-was-liberal-education/) by Richard Eldridge, is a worthwhile read. Very succinctly and eloquently, it tell a familiar story–the rise of the ideals of liberal education among the Greeks and its crisis during the modern period–and expresses the anguish of the author in the face of his students’ embrace of neoliberalism (and these are Swarthmore students, no less!). Undoubtedly, there is much be criticized, here, but I feel like this could have been written by any number of people whom I know and respect.

Thank to Vicente Medina (Philosophy) for passing this on. If this sounds familiar, Eldridge spoke on campus last spring.