Education is an important tool for the development of human potential. Organizations and individuals interested in development consider knowledge, skills and attitudes, obtained through formal, non-formal and incidental learning, as invaluable assets. Therefore, it is necessary …
"Ask just about any humanist, and you will hear that the humanities are in a crisis. Facing utilitarian approaches to education, the corporatization of the university, plummeting enrollments, budget cuts, and political critiques from right, left, and center, humanists find thems…
"This book offers a short, spirited defense of rhetoric and the liberal arts as catalysts for precision, invention, and empathy in today's world. The author, a professor of Shakespeare studies at a liberal arts college and a parent of school-age children, argues that high-stakes…
The Humanities and the Modern Politics of Knowledge: The Impact and Organization of the Humanities in …
by Siapkas, Johannes, Ekström, Anders, Ekström, Anders, Östh Gustafsson, Hampus, Andersson, Jenny, Bertilsson, Fredrik, Gustafsson, Hampus Östh, Hammar, Isak, Jansson, Anton, Jansson, Martin, Landahl, Joakim, Larsson Heidenblad, David, Larsson, Anna, Svensson, Ragni, Tunlid, Anna, Widmalm, Sven, Östling, Johan
fromStudies in the History of Knowledge
This book addresses the shifting status of the humanities through a national case study spanning two centuries. The societal function of the humanities is considered from the flexible perspective of knowledge politics in order to historicize notions of impact and intellectual or…
This book addresses the shifting status of the humanities through a national case study spanning two centuries. The societal function of the humanities is considered from the flexible perspective of knowledge politics in order to historicize notions of impact and intellectual or…