Let’s Fiesta!
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Calling all SUPER BUSY book lovers!
The Homewood Library is proud to announce it’s first ALL ONLINE book group beginning in May 2017. Good eReads with Goodreads is to for people who want to be part of a book group, but cannot take time to come to meetings. All you need to participate is a Goodreads account! Goodreads is a free…
Adult | Education | Humanities
In support of balanced education and citizenship: An article series. No. 3.
(Article No. 3.) “Der Beutelsbacher Konsens” (The Beutelsbach Consensus) by Edward Eggleston Introduction. Translation of “Der Beutelsbacher Konsens”. An educational design from “Konsens” premises. German text: “Der Beutelsbacher Konsens”. Introduction. “The political-cultural founding of the Federal Republic of Germany succeeded; yet only…
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WSJ Interview: Harold Bloom, Falstaff, and the Humanities
Harold Bloom: The Yale scholar on Falstaff and ‘the death of humanistic studies’. From Weekend Confidential, by Alexandra Wolfe. Print: WSJ April 8-9, 2017, p.C17, vol. CCLXIX, no. 81. Online: www.wsj.com/articles/harold-blooms-critical-thinking-1491582477 Comments on the interview: Clearly, this WSJ interview is another warning of the decline of the humanities. For 50 years, Professor Bloom has…
Spring into ebooks!
April is the time to celebrate poetry and what it has brought to the world. It can act as a vehicle to a different way of looking at the world around you. This month, enjoy an audiobook or eBook to commemorate the art of writing in verse. Think you might not enjoy poetry? We encourage…
Adult | Education | Humanities
Very brief comments on a very large idea
“Do not go gentle into that good night” – Dylan Thomas The following translated paragraph is drawn from “The Necessary Place of the Humanities in Modern Culture – An Introduction to the Current Debate” by Jörg-Dieter Gauger and Günther Rüther. It is followed by brief comments and the original German text. Cultural Education…