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The essays in The Humanities in the Age of Information and
Post-Truth represent a defense of the social function of the
humanities in today's society. Edited by Ignacio Lopez-Calvo and
Christina Lux, the volume explains different ways in which the
humanities and the arts, beyond their intrinsic and nonfunctional
value, may be a valuable tool in our search for social justice,
human empathy, freedom, and peace, all the while helping us answer
many of the twenty-first century's big questions. Some essays
explore the ways in which the humanities may help us imagine a
different, more just world, and articulate politically effective
mechanisms to achieve such goals. Others address the place of the
humanities and the arts amid the ontological and epistemological
uncertainties constantly produced in a fast-changing world. While
the reader may suspect that these types of lucubration are a
desperate reaction to decreased public funding for the humanities
worldwide, a decreased enrollment of students, or anxiety over the
future of our profession, there is in this volume a coherent
argument for the continued need, perhaps more now than ever, to
invest in humanities education if we are to have informed and
socially conscious citizens rather than just willing consumers and
obedient workers. Furthermore, the essays prove that the humanities
and the arts are, after all, not a luxury but an integral part of a
complete scholarly education.
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