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The Value of the Humanities (Paperback)
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The Value of the Humanities (Paperback)
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The Value of the Humanities provides a critical account of the
principal arguments used to defend the value of the Humanities. The
claims considered are: that the Humanities study the meaning-making
practices of culture, and bring to their work a distinctive
understanding of what constitutes knowledge and understanding;
that, though useful to society in many ways, they remain laudably
at odds with, or at a remove from, instrumental use value; that
they contribute to human happiness; that they are a force for
democracy; and that they are a good in themselves, to be valued
'for their own sake'. Engaging closely with contemporary literary
and philosophical work in the field from the UK and US, Helen Small
distinguishes between arguments that retain strong Victorian roots
(Mill on happiness; Arnold on use value) and those that have
developed or been substantially altered since. Unlike many works in
this field, The Value of the Humanities is not a polemic or a
manifesto. Its purpose is to explore the grounds for each argument,
and to test its validity for the present day. Tough-minded, alert
to changing historical conditions for argument and changing styles
of rhetoric, it promises to sharpen the terms of the public debate.
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