| Contents |
Canine, alien and human humanities : an introduction -- Humanities : a tentative definition -- Understanding others -- Self-involving : philosophy and theology -- Responsible scholarship -- Professionals : how to live with interpretations -- Humans -- The value of the humanities. |
| Abstract |
"Human Humanities offers an accessible introduction to the humanities as a diverse but coherent domain of scholarship. Willem Drees here explores how the disciplines included within the humanities aim to offer insight into the self-understanding and self-expression of others and oneself. As this is done by humans and about humans, humanities scholarship is more self-involving than the sciences. Drawing on models in the fields of theology and religious studies, where personal engagement and academic distance sometimes clash, Drees also shows how his definition of the humanities clarifies their challenging character, public relevance, and intrinsic human value. Drees demonstrates how to think more clearly, and with greater coherence, about the humanities. His original proposals about the humanities will make this book of interest to scholars and students in the humanities and other disciplines, as well as those involved in academic leadership and science policy"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Drees, Willem B., 1954- What are the humanities for?. Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021 9781108974615 |
| LCCN | 2020043357 |
| ISBN | 9781108838412 |
| ISBN | 1108838413 hardback |
| ISBN | 9781108965323 paperback |
| ISBN | 1108965326 paperback |
| ISBN | (epub) |
