Kontakt
Jak nakupovat
Doručení
Nákupní rádce
Progress and Values in the Humanities
Angličtina
129 b
Připravujeme
Termín neznámý
Až 30 dní na vrácení zboží
Zákazníci také koupili
Money and support tend to flow in the direction of economics, science, and other academic departments that demonstrate measurable "progress." The humanities, on the other hand, offer more abstract and uncertain outcomes. A humanist's objects of study are more obscure in certain ways than pathogens and cells. Consequently, it seems as if the humanities never truly progress. Is this a fair assessment? By comparing objects of science, such as the brain, the galaxy, the amoeba, and the quark, with objects of humanistic inquiry, such as the poem, the photograph, the belief, and the philosophical concept, Volney Gay reestablishes a fundamental distinction between science and the humanities. He frees the latter from its pursuit of material-based progress and restores its disciplines to a place of privilege and respect. Using the metaphor of magnification, Gay shows that, while we can investigate natural objects to the limits of imaging capacity, magnifying cultural objects dissolves them into noise. In other words, cultural objects can be studied only within their contexts and through the prism of metaphor and narrative. Gathering examples from literature, art, film, philosophy, religion, science, and psychoanalysis, Gay builds a new justification for the humanities. By revealing the unseen and making abstract ideas tangible, the arts create meaningful wholes, which itself is a form of progress.
Informace o knize
Angličtina
Darujte tuto knihu ještě dnes
Je to snadné
1 Přidejte knihu do košíku a zvolte doručit jako dárek 2 Obratem vám zašleme poukaz 3 Kniha dorazí na adresu obdarovanéhoMohlo by vás také zajímat
/
Pevná
1 958
Kč
/
Kniha
4 631
Kč
/
Brožovaná
265
Kč
/
Brožovaná
375
Kč
/
Brožovaná
2 357
Kč
Ahoj! Jsem Libroamiko, tvůj knižní rádce.
Jak ti můžu pomoct?