History and Philosophy of the Humanities: An Introduction

Michiel Leezenberg; Gerard de Vries

doi:10.1017/9789048539338

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An Introduction

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Michiel Leezenberg, Gerard de Vries

Publisher:: Amsterdam University Press
Online publication date:: February 2021
Print publication year:: 2018
Online ISBN:: 9789048539338
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048539338

Subjects:: Art: General Interest, Art

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The humanities include disciplines as diverse as literary theory, linguistics, history, film studies, theology, and philosophy. Do these various fields of study have anything in common, which distinguishes them from e.g. physics or sociology? The tripartite division between the natural sciences, the social sciences and the humanities may seem self-evident, but it has arisen only in the course of the 19th century, and has been contested ever since. History and Philosophy of the Humanities: An Introduction presents a reasoned overview of the conceptual and historical backgrounds of the humanities. In four sections, it discusses:- The most influential views on scientific knowledge from Aristotle to Thomas Kuhn;- The birth of the modern humanities;- The various methodological schools and conceptual issues in the humanities;- Some themes that set the agenda for current debates in the humanities: critiques of modernity; gender, sexuality and identity; and post-colonialism. Thus, it provides students in the various disciplines of the humanities with a comprehensive understanding of the backgrounds of their field, its relation with other disciplines, and the state of the art in the humanities at large. Intended readership: advanced undergraduate and graduate students.

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Frontmatter
pp 1-4

Contents
pp 5-10

Preface
pp 11-14

1 - Introduction
pp 15-36

Part 1 - Standard Images of Science
pp 37-38

2 - The Birth of the Modern Natural Sciences
pp 39-70

3 - Logical Empiricism and Critical Rationalism
pp 71-100

4 - Historicizing the Philosophy of Science
pp 101-130

Part 2 - The Rise of the Humanities
pp 131-132

5 - The Birth of the Modern Humanities
pp 133-158

6 - Developing New Disciplines
pp 159-180

7 - Between Hermeneutics and the Natural Sciences: In Search of a Method
pp 181-208

Part 3 - Styles and Currents in the Humanities
pp 209-210

8 - Critical Theory
pp 211-240

9 - Positivism and Structuralism
pp 241-272

10 - The Practice Turn
pp 273-290

Part 4 - Modernity and Identity
pp 291-292

11 - Critique of Modernity
pp 293-316

12 - Gender, Sex, and Sexuality
pp 317-334

13 - Postcolonialism
pp 335-354

Further Reading
pp 355-362

Glossary
pp 363-386

Index of Names
pp 387-390

Index of Subjects
pp 391-395

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