The Fortunes of the Humanities: Thoughts for After the Year 2000

by Sander L. Gilman

Book Overview

Given the attacks on the humanities by the right ("Goethe is not taught anymore ") and the left ("Why teach dead white males?") over the past decade, how can we teach and research in the humanities in the years to come? Drawing on thirty years of experience, a distinguished teacher and scholar here presents a series of closely interconnected exercises in understanding the present state and future possibilities of the humanities, especially the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804732647
• ISBN13: 9780804732642
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.0"