The Humanities

Author : Bernard M. Levinson,Robert P. Ericksen
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253060815

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The Betrayal of the Humanities by Bernard M. Levinson,Robert P. Ericksen Pdf

How did the academy react to the rise, dominance, and ultimate fall of Germany's Third Reich? Did German professors of the humanities have to tell themselves lies about their regime's activities or its victims to sleep at night? Did they endorse the regime? Or did they look the other way, whether out of deliberate denial or out of fear for their own personal safety? The Betrayal of the Humanities: The University during the Third Reich is a collection of groundbreaking essays that shed light on this previously overlooked piece of history. The Betrayal of the Humanities accepts the regrettable news that academics and intellectuals in Nazi Germany betrayed the humanities, and explores what went wrong, what occurred at the universities, and what happened to the major disciplines of the humanities under National Socialism. The Betrayal of the Humanities details not only how individual scholars, particular departments, and even entire universities collaborated with the Nazi regime but also examines the legacy of this era on higher education in Germany. In particular, it looks at the peculiar position of many German scholars in the post-war world having to defend their own work, or the work of their mentors, while simultaneously not appearing to accept Nazism.

Author : Geoffrey Galt Harpham
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780226317014

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The Humanities and the Dream of America by Geoffrey Galt Harpham Pdf

In this bracing and original book, Geoffrey Galt Harpham argues that today’s humanities are an invention of the American academy in the years following World War II, when they were first conceived as an expression of American culture and an instrument of American national interests. The humanities portray a “dream of America” in two senses: they represent an aspiration of Americans since the first days of the Republic for a state so secure and prosperous that people could enjoy and appreciate culture for its own sake; and they embody in academic terms an idealized conception of the American national character. Although they are struggling to retain their status in America, the concept of the humanities has spread to other parts of the world and remains one of America's most distinctive and valuable contributions to higher education. The Humanities and the Dream of America explores a number of linked problems that have emerged in recent years: the role, at once inspiring and disturbing, played by philology in the formation of the humanities; the reasons for the humanities’ perpetual state of “crisis”; the shaping role of philanthropy in the humanities; and the new possibilities for literary study offered by the subject of pleasure. Framed by essays that draw on Harpham’s pedagogical experiences abroad and as a lecturer at the U.S. Air Force Academy, as well as his vantage as director of the National Humanities Center, this book provides an essential perspective on the history, ideology, and future of this important topic.

Author : Michael F. Shaughnessy
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Humanities
ISBN : 1536119768

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The Humanities: Past, Present and Future by Michael F. Shaughnessy Pdf

The humanities have been an integral part of humanitys cultural structure for centuries. In this book, a number of leading scholars reflect on the past, present and offer their perspectives for the future of the humanities. The first chapter (written by Jennifer Laubenthal, Jonathan Helmick and Kathleen Melago) describes the vitality of music for humanistic study. Next, Kevin Donnelly provides his perspectives and research of the humanities as they pertain to Australian history. Professor Donald Elder then extols the humanities from a historical perspective, investigating key crucial events that have taken place in America. Literacy and literacy instruction in the past, present and future are detailed by Professors Thompson and Coffey, while scholar Paul Horton examines the plight of the humanities in the vise of K-20 corporate education reform. Emerging technologies in humanities education is critically examined by Arjun Sabharwal while Gerald Cupchik explores the humanities, emotions and aesthetics in a singular fashion. The realms of pedagogy and knowledge are explored by Will Fitzhugh and Michael F. Shaughnessy, while Greg Eft paints a panorama of concerning the definition of beauty as it pertains to the humanities. Geni Flores then follows in a chapter that promotes and accentuates the importance of multiculturalism and diversity as instruments of social justice. Josh McVey interprets Scripture and its origins within the humanities while Anna Beck explores historical American theatre and provides a glimpse of this realm through various windows. Opal Greer sheds light on what we may be able to discern from the humanities past and envisions the realm of their future in universities and academia. Professor Elder contributes a second time to this manuscript, boldly going where not historian has gone before and examining the relevance of space history to this subject matter. Bringing the book to a close, Herbert London offers his perspective on the future of the humanities. Scholars, researchers, critics, historians, art lovers, and musicians as well as many involved in education will relish and enjoy this rich, robust exploration of the humanities and its relation to the past, present and future.

Author : Robert E. Proctor
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1998-12-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 0253212197

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Defining the Humanities by Robert E. Proctor Pdf

"Think of this as 'The Thinking Man's Bloom' or 'The Thinking Woman's Closing of the American Mind.' It takes up debates about education and reasons about them, where Bloom often only blasted away. . . . This is one of the more helpful recent statements of the case for the classics, accompanied by rather venturesome curricular suggestions." —Christian Century "His exciting readable book calls for a return to a study of the classics—and of the Renaissance poets and scholars, like Petrarch, who rediscovered the classics." —Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World " . . . a splendid statement bringing together in a careful and coherent way the prospects for a solid humanities curriculum." —Ernest L. Boyer Ten years ago when this book was first published it was called Education's Great Amnesia: Reconsidering the Humanities from Petrarch to Freud. It is being reissued now in a second edition with a different title for a new generation of readers who cannot have forgotten what they never knew. What are the humanities? Can we agree on a core curriculum of humanistic studies? Robert Proctor answers these questions in a provocative, readable book.

Author : Sidonie Smith
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780472053049

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Manifesto for the Humanities by Sidonie Smith Pdf

After a remarkable career in higher education, Sidonie Smith offers Manifesto for the Humanities as a reflective contribution to the current academic conversation over the place of the Humanities in the 21st century. Her focus is on doctoral education and opportunities she sees for its reform. Grounding this manifesto in background factors contributing to current “crises” in the humanities, Smith advocates for a 21st century doctoral education responsive to the changing ecology of humanistic scholarship and teaching. She elaborates a more expansive conceptualization of coursework and dissertation, a more robust, engaged public humanities, and a more diverse, collaborative, and networked sociality.

Author : Helen Small
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780199683864

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The Value of the Humanities by Helen Small Pdf

In The Value of the Humanities prize-winning critic Helen Small assesses the value of the Humanities, eloquently examining five historical arguments in defence of the Humanities.

Author : Donald Drakeman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137497475

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Why We Need the Humanities by Donald Drakeman Pdf

An entrepreneur and educator highlights the surprising influence of humanities scholarship on biomedical research and civil liberties. This spirited defence urges society to support the humanities to obtain continued guidance for public policy decisions, and challenges scholars to consider how best to fulfil their role in serving the common good.

Author : Zoe Hope Bulaitis
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783030378929

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Value and the Humanities by Zoe Hope Bulaitis Pdf

Tracing the shift from liberal to neoliberal education from the nineteenth century to the present day, this open access book provides a rich and previously underdeveloped narrative of value in higher education in England. Value and the Humanities draws upon historical, financial, and critical debates concerning educational and cultural policy. Rather than writing a singular defence of the humanities against economic rationalism, Zoe Hope Bulaitis constructs a nuanced map of the intersections of value in the humanities, encompassing an exploration of policy engagement, scientific discourses, fictional representation, and the humanities in public life. The book articulates a kaleidoscopic range of humanities practices which demonstrate that although recent policy encourages higher education to be entirely motivated by outcomes, fiscal targets, and the acquisition of employability skills, the humanities continue to inspire and aspire beyond these limits. This book is a historically-grounded and theoretically-informed analysis of the value of the humanities within the context of the market.

Author : Chris Haufe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781316512500

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Do the Humanities Create Knowledge? by Chris Haufe Pdf

There is a widely held belief that the only kind of knowledge is scientific knowledge. This belief is often coupled with the notion that scientific knowledge is obtained when a scientist follows a highly refined and rigorous investigative procedure known as the scientific method. However upon closer examination, what we know as "the scientific method" rests fundamentally on the use of highly refined human judgment directed toward certain questions about the natural world. In this book Chris Haufe argues that this dependence on human judgment is at the heart of deep affinities between scientific knowledge and humanists' creative endeavors, and that both the natural sciences and the humanities are in fact involved in the production of different forms of disciplinary knowledge. His book takes readers behind the scenes to show them the unexpected unity underlying our efforts to understand our experiences.

Author : Rens Bod,Stefan Collini,Onora O'Neill
Publisher : U Press
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9788793060050

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The Humanities in the World by Rens Bod,Stefan Collini,Onora O'Neill Pdf

Three essays highlight the worldliness of the humanities in this short book edited by Anders Engberg-Pedersen, a Danish Professor of Comparative Literature. "We need a better account of what the humanities are, what humanist scholars do and how they do it, what is done with the knowledge they produce, and how this knowledge seeps into society and other institutions and sciences through multiple channels to shape our common world."

Author : W. T. Jones
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780520327931

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The Sciences and the Humanities by W. T. Jones Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1965.

Author : Rens Bod
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780199665211

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A New History of the Humanities by Rens Bod Pdf

Offers the first overarching history of the humanities from Antiquity to the present.

Author : Richard Bourke,Quentin Skinner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009231046

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History in the Humanities and Social Sciences by Richard Bourke,Quentin Skinner Pdf

Offers a collaborative exploration of the role of historical understanding in leading disciplines across the humanities and social sciences.

Author : Peter Levine
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791423271

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Nietzsche and the Modern Crisis of the Humanities by Peter Levine Pdf

This is a critique of Nietzsche's theory of culture that proposes an alternative paradigm allowing a defense of the humanities against such Nietzschians as Leo Strauss and Derrida.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : English language
ISBN : UOM:39015025255715

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Pamphlets in Philology and the Humanities by Anonim Pdf