A Case for the Humanities

17Aug10

            In her book, Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities, Martha Nussbaum observes “…the humanities are widely perceived as inessential, so it seems fine for them (the university departments) to be downsized, and for some departments to be eliminated completely.”  This, she argues, is a serious threat to a functioning democratic society.  Without […]

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