University Humanities Curriculum

Author: Xia Zhongyi
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: The connotation of "spiritual adulthood" is aimed at enabling a college student to develop the potential of "independent spirit and free thought" during their undergraduate studies, and to seriously and continuously question the ultimate proposition of "how to be a person." The current higher education system has defects, with a focus on practical content and less on non-practical content, meaning there is more instrumental rationality and very little value rationality. It pays little attention to the universal values of human civilization, or even lacks them. Through this teaching material (University Humanistic Education Curriculum), we combine reading and teaching to attempt to bring it into the classroom. — Ding Dong (Professor, School of Liberal Arts, Shanxi University)