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Why Education Is Useless ALSO BY DANIEL COTTOM: Cannibals & Philosophers: Bodies ofEnlightenment (2001) Ravishing Tradition: Cultural Forces and Literary History (1996) Abyss ofReason: Cultural Movements, Revelations, and Betrayals (1991) Text and Culture: The Politics ofInterpretation (1989) Social Figures: George Eliot, Social History, and Literary Representation (1987) The Civilized Imagination: A Study ofAnn Radcliffe,jane Austen, and Sir Walter Scott (1985) 3.144.42.196] Project MUSE (2024-04-16 23:30 GMT) Why Education Is USELESS DANIEL CoTTOM UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS Philadelphia Copyright© 2003 University ofPennsylvania Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States ofAmerica on acid-free paper IO 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 I Published by University ofPennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania I9I04-4011 Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cottom, Daniel. Why education is useless I Daniel Cottom. p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN o-8I22-372o-X (cloth: alk. paper) I. Education-Philosophy. I. Title. LBI4·7·C69 2003 370.I-dc2I 2002045599 3.144.42.196] Project MUSE (2024-04-16 23:30 GMT) For my students This page intentionally left blank ...

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