Wendell Berry and Higher Education: Cultivating Virtues of Place

by Jeffrey Bilbro and Jack R. Baker

Book Overview

Prominent author and cultural critic Wendell Berry is well known for his contributions to agrarianism and environmentalism, but his commentary on education has received comparatively little attention. Berry has been eloquently unmasking America's cultural obsession with restless mobility for decades, arguing that it causes damage to both the land and the character of our communities. Education, he maintains, plays a central role in this obsession,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813179149
• ISBN13: 9780813179148
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher