Value of the Humanities

In The Value of the Humanities prize-winning critic Helen Small assesses the value of the Humanities, eloquently examining five historical arguments in defence of the Humanities.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Distinction from other Disciplines


• 2: Use and Usefulness


• 3: Socrates Dissatisfied: The Argument for a Contribution to Happiness


• 4: 'Democracy Needs Us': The Gadfly Argument for the Humanities


• 5: For Its Own Sake


• Conclusion: On Public Value


• Bibliography

About the author

Helen Small is Professor of English at Oxford University and Jonathan and Julia Aisbitt Fellow of English at Pembroke College, Oxford. She is the author of The Long Life (OUP, 2007) (awarded the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism 2007) and the editor of The Public Intellectual (2002).

Summary

In The Value of the Humanities prize-winning critic Helen Small assesses the value of the Humanities, eloquently examining five historical arguments in defence of the Humanities.

Additional text

Helen Small does a good job cheerleading for [the Humanities].

Product details

• Authors: SMALL, Helen Small, Helen (Jonathan and Julia Aisbitt Fellow in Small, Helen (Jonathan and Julia Aisbitt Fellow in English Literature Small, Helen H Small, Helen H. Small, Small Helen
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2013
• EAN: 9780199683864
• ISBN: 978-0-19-968386-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Social, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, EDUCATION / History, Philosophy, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives, social and political philosophy, History of Education, Moral and social purpose of education, Literary theory, Moral & social purpose of education