The Necessity of Experience Author:Edward S. Reed In this controversial book, Edward S. Reed warns that first-hand experience as a way of understanding the world and ourselves is endangered, because our culture favors indirect, second-hand knowledge that is selected, modified, packaged, and presented to us by others. Reed offers a spirited defense of unmediated experience against both modernist... more » and postmodernist critics and outlines how to foster this vision of meaningful learning.« less