The Place of Liberal Learning

This chapter begins by identifying four sites of learning experience: primary socialization, secondary socialization, primary enculturation, and secondary enculturation. Liberal learning figures as a particular form of secondary enculturation. It evolves when special teachings are adduced to create what is considered a “higher” kind of human being. The discussions then turn to sites of secondary enculturation, modernity revolutions, and reform of liberal education in response to the evolving needs and discontents of modern life.