Humanities
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- 92828
Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at the time. Today, the humanities are more frequently defined as any fields of study outside of professional training, mathematics, and the natural and sometimes social sciences.
- Book: Introduction to Humanities (Larsen)
- This text is an introductory survey of the genres and themes of the humanities. The material focuses on philosophy, religion, language, and the arts. As themes, the ideas of freedom, love, happiness, death, nature, and myth are be explored. Typically, a study of humanities looks at western philosophers, maybe a few of the world religions, a history of western music and western visual arts. This textbook begins to break down the barriers of limiting ourselves to learning about western humanities.
- Front Matter
- Unit 1: Introduction
- Unit 2: Introduction to Humanities Overview
- Unit 3: What makes us Human?
- Unit 4: Philosophy
- Unit 5: Religion
- Unit 6: Language
- Unit 7: The Arts
- Unit 8: Literature (including fiction, drama, poetry, and prose)
- Unit 9: Performing Arts
- Unit 10: Visual Arts
- Unit 11: Culinary Arts
- Back Matter
Contributors
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