The value of the humanities
By: Helen Small
Edition: First edition.
Series: The Literary agenda series; Literary agenda
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780199683864
Subjects: Study and teaching (Higher); Humanities
Description: "The Value of Humanities provides a critical account of the principal arguments used to defend the value of the Humanities. Engaging closely with contemporary literary and philosophical work in the field, Helen Small distinguishes between arguments that retain strong Victorian roots and those that have developed or been substantially altered since. Unlike many works in this field, Small does not offer a polemic or a manifesto, her purpose is to explore the grounds for each argument, and to test its validity for the present day. Tough-minded, alert to changing historical conditions for argument and changing styles of rhetoric, it promises to sharpen the terms of the public debate"--Dust jacket.
Notes: Series statement from jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-196) and index.
Table of contents: title: Distinction from other disciplines --; title: Use and usefulness --; title: Socrates dissatisfied : the argument for a contribution to happiness --; title: 'Democracy needs us' : the gadfly argument for the humanities --; title: For its own sake.