Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities

Her argument is centered around how a more deliberate and intensive focus on liberal arts within public schools can produce better democratic citizens. As a liberal arts student, this idea seemed charming--but upon further investigation and contemplation, it's an extremely fallacious belief (and not an argument at all). She makes lots of contradictions. For example, she acknowledges that what someone learns and knows can have little effect on how they act--but then she continues to argue otherwise. [I'm also a musician and have worked with lots of dancers; I also study philosophy; and let me tell you, artists and thinkers can be just as close minded, noxious, and a selfish as any STEM student.] She idolized democracy without acknowledging some of its most fundamental flaws. She fails to go in depth on the influence and dangers of technology in schools. Overall, this book is no more than a utopian, narrow minded day dream. Don't waste your time unless you're studdying bad arguments.