Present Political Questions an Analytical Reference Syllabus (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Present Political Questions an Analytical Reference Syllabus Apparently society is urgently demanding from the teacher, and especially from the college teacher, a more concrete, a more intimate handling of the actual problems which concern it in the living present. This is notably true of political questions. Is there any sound reason why such topics should not be selected for academic study? Under competent guidance, does not their discussion afford the very best mental discipline? They have two great advantages over like subjects which are remote in time and place: interest and utility. Fortunately the wise teacher has freed himself from the twin fallacies that a subject is "disciplinary" in proportion as it is distasteful, and that a university is a place where "nothing useful is taught." Has not the new psychology firmly established that interest is the essential condition of the swiftest, most luxuriant mental growth? By all means let us have knowledge for its own sake, but is there any real knowledge which is not informed, vitalized by a perception of its power? of its function in human progress? Precious indeed for each subject is the light which history reveals, indispensable the understanding which comes from tracing social evolution, but history and evolution disclose their full meaning only through their present crises. The questions outlined in this syllabus are those in part covered by a course of lectures given by the author in the University of Nebraska. His experience in leading a class of juniors, seniors, and graduates, causes him to believe that possibly the analyses may prove helpful to others. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.