Clueless in Academe by Gerald Graff
Our schools and colleges often make the intellectual life seem more impenetrable, narrowly specialized, and inaccessible than it is or needs to be, argues the author of this title, whose book offers a wealth of practical suggestions for making the culture of ideas and arguments more readily understandable.
"Graff is reopening the door on a major debateIn the wake of theory, in the wake of feminism, post-colonial criticism and all the rest, what is a liberal arts education supposed to be about? How should teachers teach? What should students learn? Intelligently, humanely, Gerald Graff is bringing all of these questions back home to the classroom, which, at least for now, seems exactly where they belong."—Mark Edmundson, Washington Post Book World
"[Graff] writes with lucidity and charm. . . . A worthwhile work trapped in an enigma."—Steven Lagerfeld, Wall Street Journal
"[Graff] writes with lucidity and charm. . . . A worthwhile work trapped in an enigma."—Steven Lagerfeld, Wall Street Journal
Gerald Graff, Professor of English and Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is the author of many books and articles, including Beyond the Culture Wars, and he was winner of the American Book Award in 1992. He is currently working with his wife, Cathy Birkenstein-Graff, on a writing textbook, A Short Guide to Argument, that will be a how-to companion to Clueless in Academe.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300105148 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300105142 |
| Title | Clueless in Academe |
| Author | Gerald Graff |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2004-07-11 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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