Compare Prices | Create Shopping Lists with Price Drop Alerts | Set Coupons, Promo Codes & Sales Alerts | Get Access to Exclusive Deals and Much More... All in One Place | Read all about it here

Arts and Humanities in Progress

Arts and Humanities in Progress

Brand
Springer Nature
Manufacturer
N/A
Part Number
0
GTIN
9783319455525
Condition
New
Product Description

The book aims to introduce a research concept called "Numanities", as one possible attempt to overcome the current scientific, social and institutional crisis of the humanities. Such crisis involves their impact on, and role within, society; their popularity among students and scholars; and their identity as producers and promoters of knowledge. The modern western world and its economic policies have been identified as the strongest cause of such a crisis. Creating the conditions for, but in fact encouraging it. However, a self-critical assessment of the situation is called for. Our primary fault as humanists was that of stubbornly thinking that the worlds changes could never really affect us, as we felt our identity was sacred. In the light of these approaches, the main strengths of humanities have been identified in the ability to: promote critical thinking and analytical reasoning; provide knowledge and understanding of democracy and social justice; develop leadership, cultural and ethical values. The main problems of humanities are the lack economic relevance; the socio-institutional perception of them as impractical and unemployable; the fact that they do not match with technological development. Finally, the resulting crisis consists mainly in the absence (or radical reduction) of funding from institutions; a decrease in student numbers a decrease in interest; a loss of centrality in society. A Numanities (New Humanities) project should consider all these aspects, with self-critical assessment on the first line. The goal is to unify the various fields, approaches and also potentials of the humanities in the context, dynamics and problems of current societies, and in an attempt to overcome the above-described crisis. Numanities are introduced not as a theoretical paradigm, but in terms of an umbrella-concept that has no specific scientific content in it: that particularly means that the many existing new fields and research trends that are addressing the same problems (post-humanism, transhumanism, transformational humanities, etc.) are not competitors of Numanities, but rather possible ways to them. Therefore, more than a theoretical program, Numanities intend to pursue a mission, and that is summarized in a seven-point manifesto. In the light of these premises and reflections, the book then proceeds to identify the areas of inquiry that Numanities, in their functions and comprehensive approach, seek to cover. The following list should also be understood as a statement of purposes for this entire book series. These, in other words, will be the topics/areas we intend to represent. Once elaborated on the foundations of Numanities, the book features a second part that presents two case studies based on two relatively recent (and now updated) investigations that the author has performed in the fields of musical and animal studies respectively. The two cases (and relative areas ofinquiry) were selected because they were considered particularly relevant within the discussion of Numanities, and in two different ways. In the first case-study the author discussed the most typical result (or perhaps cause?) of the technophobic attitude that was addressed in the first part of the book: the issue of authenticity, as applied, in the author's particular study, to popular music. In the second case-study, he analyzes two different forms of comparative analysis between human and non-human cognition: like in the former case, this study, too, is aimed at a critical commentary on (what the author considers) redundant biases in current humanistic research anthropocentrism and speciesism.

Available Colors
Available Sizes
1 Offer Price Range: $39.99 - $39.99
BEST PRICE

Single Product Purchase

$39.99
@ Link.springer.com     BUY Now

Price Comparison

Seller Contact Seller List Price On Sale Shipping Best Promo Final Price Volume Discount Financing Availability Seller's Page
BEST PRICE
1 Product Purchase
@ Link.springer.com
Contact Store Call Store Contact Support
$39.99 $39.99

$39.99
See Site In stock Visit Store

Similar Products

Queer/Adaptation

$99.00

Vortex Structure and Dynamics

$84.99

Anleitungen zur Sprachverbesserung nach Mund-Nasen- und Kieferkrankheiten

$54.99

Development and Diffusionism

$54.99

Proper Doctoring

$54.99

Extreme Hydrological Events: New Concepts for Security

$129.00

The Emergence of Neuroscience and the German Novel

$129.99

Nonlocality in Quantum Physics

$109.99

Marketingorientierte Unternehmensfhrung

$69.99

Untersuchungen ber den Wrmehaushalt der Erdoberflche in verschiedenen Klimagebieten

$54.99

Arthroscopic and Endoscopic Spinal Surgery

$129.00

Auenhandel

$84.99

Der gezhmte Konflikt

$69.99

Nichtlineare Dynamik, Bifurkation und Chaotische Systeme

$39.99

Soziale Arbeit und Soziales Kapital

$49.99

Equality of Treatment and Trade Discrimination in International Law

$54.99

Thermoacoustics

$109.99

Langlebigkeit in der Trkei

$39.99

Handbuch Erwachsenenbildung/Weiterbildung

$59.99

Principles of Wood Science and Technology

$129.00

Entwicklung IT-basierter Dienstleistungen

$39.99

Self-Organized Criticality in Earth Systems

$169.99

Creating an American Identity

$89.00

Assignment Problems in Parallel and Distributed Computing

$109.99

Die Schlpfdrse der Geburtshelferkrte (Alytes o. obstetricans [LAURENTI]) und anderer Froschlurche

$59.99

Magnesium Deficiency in Forest Ecosystems

$39.99

Intelligent Computing

$109.99

Essential Orthopedic Review

$109.99

Little Skill Seekers: Word Searches Workbook

$2.24

Reference Manual for the ADA Programming Language

$74.99

Umweltbetriebsprfung und ko-Auditing

$54.99

Media and Disaster Risk Reduction

$129.00

Government and Rural Development in East Africa

$54.99

Work, Organisation and Labour in Dutch Society

$109.99

Mycotoxins in Foodstuffs

$169.99

Versuche mit Prestoff-Lagern fr Walzwerke

$59.99

National Geographic Kids: Winter Wonderland

$4.46

Anwender Leitfaden Lotus 1-2-3

$69.99

Antibiotics in Obstetrics and Gynecology

$39.99

ber das Asthma Cardiale Versuch zu einer Peripheren Kreislaufpathologie

$59.99