What Joseph Tussman thinks about education
American philosopher (1914 to 2005); professor of philosophy at UC Berkeley, director of its Experimental College Program from 1965 to 1969, author of Obligation and the Body Politic (1960) and The Burden of Office (1989).
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2 dated positions, c. 2000, in their own words. Our reading of what Joseph Tussman has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsI regard all education as essentially initiation into some ongoing social activity.
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Their wordsI think if there's going to be a revival of significant undergraduate or liberal education it will probably have to occur in places that are not dominated by a graduate school.
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