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- What Are the Humanities For?
- What Are the Humanities For?
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Canine, Alien, and Human Humanities
- Part I What Are the Humanities?
- 1 The Humanities
- 2 Understanding Others
- 3 Self-involving
- 4 Responsible Scholarship
- Part II Who Needs the Humanities?
- Selected Literature
- Index
1 - The Humanities
from Part I - What Are the Humanities?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 May 2021
- What Are the Humanities For?
- What Are the Humanities For?
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Canine, Alien, and Human Humanities
- Part I What Are the Humanities?
- 1 The Humanities
- 2 Understanding Others
- 3 Self-involving
- 4 Responsible Scholarship
- Part II Who Needs the Humanities?
- Selected Literature
- Index
Summary
We, humans, write text messages, love letters, and manifestos. By our dress we distinguish ourselves from others. By the food we eat, the company we seek, the histories we present as our own, and the stories we tell we express our emotions, attitudes, and beliefs. We create works of art, to convey a message, to make money, or apparently for no reason at all. We do things, by speaking and in other ways. By our actions we shape the lives we live and the social, cultural, and material world we live in. We are actors.
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- What Are the Humanities For? , pp. 9 - 25Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021