Knowledge Most Worth Having - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226065758 ISBN 13: 9780226065755

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1967

Synopsis

The Knowledge Most Worth Having represents the essence of education at the University of Chicago faculty and students grappling with key intellectual questions that span the humanities, while still acknowledging the need to acquire a depth of knowledge in one's chosen field. The papers collected here were delivered during an often-heated conference at the university in 1966, and include contributions from such scholars as Northrop Frye, Richard McKeon, and, of course, the dean of the college, Wayne Booth himself. Taken as a whole, they present a passionate defense of liberal education, one that remains highly relevant today.

About this title

About the Author

Wayne C. Booth (1921 2005) was the George Pullman Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. His many books include "The Rhetoric of Fiction," " A Rhetoric of Irony," " The Power and Limits of Pluralism," "The Vocation of a Teacher," and "For""the Love of It," all published by the University of Chicago Press."

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1967
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226065758
• ISBN 13: 9780226065755
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 223
• Editor: Booth Wayne C.