| Author |
Shorris, Earl, 1936-2012. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdWVmHgpJbWgcvjYXWJjC
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| Title |
Riches for the poor : the Clemente Course in the Humanities / Earl Shorris. |
| OCLC |
43894311 |
| ISBN |
0393320669 (pbk.) |
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9780393320664 (pbk.) |
| Publisher |
New York : W.W. Norton, 2000. |
| Description |
273 pages ; 21 cm |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Poor -- United States.
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Poverty -- United States.
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| General note |
Revised edition of: New American blues. 1997. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Richer than Rockefeller -- A game of poverty : definitions -- Born for each other -- The Golden Age of poverty --The surround of force -- The mirror of force -- The fallacy of work -- Citizenship by exclusion -- Across cultures -- Political inventions -- A prison epiphany -- Radical humanism -- The Clemente experiment begins -- The Bard course -- The curriculum -- Variations and self-criticism -- Other countries, other cultures -- Conclusion: a dangerous corollary. |
| Review |
"In this groundbreaking work, Shorris examines the nature of poverty in America today. Why are people poor, and why do they stay poor? Shorris argues that they lack politics, or the ability to participate fully in the public world; knowing only the immediacy and oppression of force, the poor remain trapped and isolated. To test his theory, he created an experimental school teaching art, logic, philosophy, and poetry to poor people. Shorris hoped that, by studying the humanities, his students would learn to reflect and negotiate rather than simply react -- and would use this knowledge to break the cycle of poverty on their own. The results of his experiment proved nothing short of astonishing." "Here is the full story -- a completely revised and expanded edition of Shorris's New American Blues -- of the landmark endeavor that has spawned nearly two dozen programs in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and that has been lauded from town meetings in the Yukon to the front page of the New York Times. Included in this book are reading lists and detailed information on the organization, staffing, and teaching methods used in the course. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET. |
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