The Value of the Humanities
Author:   Helen Small (Jonathan and Julia Aisbitt Fellow in English Literature, Pembroke College, Oxford)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199683864


Pages:   214
Publication Date:   03 October 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Helen Small (Jonathan and Julia Aisbitt Fellow in English Literature, Pembroke College, Oxford)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.10cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.30cm
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9780199683864


ISBN 10:   0199683867
Pages:   214
Publication Date:   03 October 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1: Distinction from other Disciplines 2: Use and Usefulness 3: Socrates Dissatisfied: The Argument for a Contribution to Happiness 4: 'Democracy Needs Us': The Gadfly Argument for the Humanities 5: For Its Own Sake Conclusion: On Public Value Bibliography

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Helen Small does a good job cheerleading for [the Humanities]. Northern Echo


Highly intelligent Barton Swain, Wall Street Journal a lucid summary of the case for the humanities that avoids the victim complex that is the bane of such discussions. David Willetts, The Times Higher Education Supplement Helen Small does a good job cheerleading for [the Humanities]. Northern Echo


Author Information

Helen Small is Professor of English at Oxford University and Jonathan and Julia Aisbitt Fellow of English at Pembroke College, Oxford. She is the author of The Long Life (OUP, 2007) (awarded the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism 2007) and the editor of The Public Intellectual (2002).

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