Philology - The Forgotten Origins of the Modern Humanities (Paperback)

Many today do not recognize the word, but "philology" was for centuries nearly synonymous with humanistic intellectual life, encompassing not only the study of Greek and Roman literature and the Bible but also all other studies of language and literature, as well as history, culture, art, and more. In short, philology was the queen of the human sciences. How did it become little more than an archaic word? In Philology, the first history of Western humanistic learning as a connected whole ever published in English, James Turner tells the fascinating, forgotten story of how the study of languages and texts led to the modern humanities and the modern university. The humanities today face a crisis of relevance, if not of meaning and purpose. Understanding their common origins--and what they still share--has never been more urgent.

General

Imprint:	Princeton University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The William G. Bowen Series
Release date:	September 2015
First published:	2014
Authors:	James Turner
Dimensions:	235 x 152 x 42mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	550
ISBN-13:	978-0-691-16858-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history
LSN:	0-691-16858-X
Barcode:	9780691168586

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