@article{oai:icu.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000080, author = {Lee, John}, issue = {42}, journal = {人文科学研究 (キリスト教と文化), Humanities: Christianity and Culture}, month = {Mar}, note = {The paper offers some thoughts on the history and role of Liberal Arts Education in English Higher Education and, to a lesser extent and by way of comparison, in American four-year university and college education. It suggests that the Liberal Arts are in surprisingly good health, thanks to their continued appeal to a governing and privileged elite. At the same time it sees the Liberal Arts cultural importance as residing in their promotion of a humane scepticism which is generally adversarial to some of the main utilitarian and technocratic currents of the day, and suggests that the essay is the key pedagogic form by which this sceptical stance is inculcated.}, pages = {71--101}, title = {The History and Potential of the Field of Literature in Liberal Arts Education}, year = {2011} }