A Defence of the Humanities in a Utilitarian Age
Imagining What We Know, 1800-1850
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book explores the ways that critics writing in the early nineteenth century developed arguments in favour of the humanities in the face of utilitarian pressures. Its focus reflects the ways that similar pressures today have renewed the...
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This book explores the ways that critics writing in the early nineteenth century developed arguments in favour of the humanities in the face of utilitarian pressures. Its focus reflects the ways that similar pressures today have renewed the question of how to make the case for the public value of the humanities. The good news is that in many ways, this self-reflexive challenge is precisely what the humanities have always done best: highlight the nature and the force of the narratives that have helped to define how we understand our society - its various pasts and its possible futures - and to suggest the larger contexts within which these issues must ultimately be situated. Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „A Defence of the Humanities in a Utilitarian Age “
Introduction: The Humanities in a Utilitarian Age.- Chapter 1: Interventions.- Chapter 2: Accommodations.- Chapter 3: Institutions.- Chapter 4: The Idea of a University. - Conclusion.
Autoren-Porträt von Paul Keen
Paul Keen is Professor of English at Carleton University, Canada.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Paul Keen
- 2020, 1st ed. 2020, XI, 171 Seiten, 171 farbige Abbildungen, Maße: 15,5 x 21,2 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3030326594
- ISBN-13: 9783030326593
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Englisch
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