Binding: Paperback
Description: Leads scholars and anyone who cares about the humanities into more effectively analyzing the fate of the humanities and digging into the very idea of the humanities as a way to find meaning and coherence in the world. The humanities considered by many as irrelevant for modern careers and hopelessly devoid of funding seem to be in a perpetual state of crisis at the mercy of modernizing and technological forces that are driving universities towards academic pursuits that pull in grant money and direct students to lucrative careers. But as Paul Reitter and Chad Wellmon show this crisis isn t new in fact it's as old as the humanities themselves. Today's humanities scholars experience and react to basic pressures in ways that are strikingly similar to their nineteenth - century German counterparts. The humanities came into their own as scholars framed their work as a unique resource for resolving crises of meaning and value that threatened other cultural or social goods. The self - understanding of the modern humanities didn t merely take shape in response to a perceived crisis; it also made crisis a core part of its project. Through this critical historical perspective Permanent Crisis can take scholars and anyone who cares about the humanities beyond the usual scolding exhorting and hand - wringing into clearer more effective thinking about the fate of the humanities. Building on ideas from Max Weber and Friedrich Nietzsche to Helen Small and Danielle Allen Reitter and Wellmon dig into the very idea of the humanities as a way to find meaning and coherence in the world.
Title: Permanent Crisis The Humanities In A Disenchanted Age
Author(s): Wellmon Chad
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226738239
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 4/5/2023
Category: Higher & Further Education, Tertiary Education