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What are the humanities for?

The popular acclaim for Alan Sokal's ‘Intellectual Impostures’ suggests a deep-seated suspicion about the value of much theoretical work in the humanities. But if the heroic age of scholarship is past, what are the humanities for? To teach us how to lead better lives?
Year of publication:
1999
Authors: de Botton, Alain
Published in:
European Review. - Cambridge University Press. - Vol. 7.1999, 01, p. 19-25
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Description of contents: Abstract [journals.cambridge.org]
Type of publication: Article
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