The Transformative Humanities A Manifesto
The Transformative Humanities: A Manifesto by Mikhail Epstein, published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA on September 13, 2012, spans 318 pages and is presented in English. This work offers a re-assessment of the humanities, emphasizing their potential to contribute constructively to society and intellectual culture in the future. Epstein reflects on Francis Bacon’s classification of sciences, exploring the “desirable” disciplines and methodologies that may arise in the humanities as they adapt to the realities of the twenty-first century.
Readers will find a critical examination of whether the humanities should remain a purely scholarly field or take on a more active role. The book discusses the need for a practical branch of the humanities that parallels the transformative functions of technology and politics, specifically within the cultural domain. Epstein’s manifesto invites contemplation on the evolving relationship between the humanities and contemporary societal challenges, making it a thought-provoking addition to discussions surrounding education, philosophy, and the social aspects of technology.
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Distinguished scholar Mikhail Epstein offers a re-assessment of the role of the humanities and advocates their constructive potential for the society and intellectual culture of the future.
In his famous classification of the sciences, Francis Bacon not only catalogued those branches of knowledge that already existed in his time, but also anticipated the new disciplines he believed would emerge in the future: the “desirable sciences.” In this open access publication, Mikhail Epstein echoes, in part, Bacon’s vision and outlines the “desirable” disciplines and methodologies that may emerge in the humanities in response to the new realities of the twenty-first century. Are the humanities a purely scholarly field, or should they have some active, constructive supplement? We know that technology serves as the practical extension of the natural sciences, and politics as the extension of the social sciences. Both technology and politics are designed to transform what their respective disciplines study objectively.
The Transformative Humanities: A Manifesto addresses the question: Is there any activity in the humanities that would correspond to the transformative status of technology and politics? It argues that we need a practical branch of the humanities which functions similarly to technology and politics, but is specific to the cultural domain.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license on bloomsburycollections.com.
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