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Lewis Lapham

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Drawing from his online essay, "Playing with Fire", Lewis Lapham laments the state of the American education system wherein schools are producing a generation of young people incapable of asking questions or assuming the basic obligations of citizenship. He notes a startling fact: that history has been dropped from the curriculum in 35 states. From an educational point of view, he says, "history is the great teacher. It tells you something about where we are now, and where we are going." The lecture is followed by a lengthy Q & A.
RELATED RESOURCES
Lapham's Quarterly
link to Lewis Lapham's online magazine


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