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The culture of classicism

by Caroline Winterer

Intellectual lifeHistoryUniversities and collegesClassical educationClassicismUniversities and colleges, united statesUnited states, intellectual lifeCivilization

Winterer argues that we cannot understand the rise of the American university or modern notions of selfhood and knowledge without an appreciation for the role of classicism in their creation

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