The Humanities "Crisis" and the Future of Literary Studies [electronic resource] /
Jay, P.author.
Demonstrating that the supposed drawbacks of the humanities are in fact their source of practical value, Jay explores current debates about the role of the humanities in higher education, puts them in historical context, and offers humanists and their supporters concrete ways to explain the practical value of a contemporary humanities education.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Demonstrating that the supposed drawbacks of the humanities are in fact their source of practical value, Jay explores current debates about the role of the humanities in higher education, puts them in historical context, and offers humanists and their supporters concrete ways to explain the practical value of a contemporary humanities education.
1. The Humanities Crisis Then and Now -- 2. Professionalism and Its Discontents -- 3. Humanism, the Humanities, and Political Correctness -- 4. Getting to the Core of the Humanities, or Who's Afraid of Gloria Anzaldúa? -- 5. Aesthetics, Close Reading, Theory, and the Future of Literary Studies -- 6. The Humanities and the Public Sphere in the Age of the Internet.
Higher education.
Educational sociology.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
Literature.
Philosophy and social sciences.
Art education.
Higher Education.
Sociology of Education.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Literature, general.
Philosophy of Education.
Creativity and Arts Education.