School's out

From: Artforum | Date: January 1, 2002| Author: Banks, Eric | Copyright information

SCHOOL'S OUT Quick Studies: The Best of Lingua Franca, edited by Alexander Star. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 514 pages. $18.

In 1989, tenure-track Colby College sociologist Adam Weisberger had a problem. His Sociology ars-a survey of the classic social theory of Hegel, Marx, Durkheim, and Weber-presented him with an equally classic dilemma: how to engage easily distracted undergraduates in material that seemed dusty and remote. His solution: encourage students to apply thei...

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