Book contents
- What Are the Humanities For?
- What Are the Humanities For?
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Canine, Alien, and Human Humanities
- Part I What Are the Humanities?
- 1 The Humanities
- 2 Understanding Others
- 3 Self-involving
- 4 Responsible Scholarship
- Part II Who Needs the Humanities?
- Selected Literature
- Index
2 - Understanding Others
from Part I - What Are the Humanities?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 May 2021
- What Are the Humanities For?
- What Are the Humanities For?
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Canine, Alien, and Human Humanities
- Part I What Are the Humanities?
- 1 The Humanities
- 2 Understanding Others
- 3 Self-involving
- 4 Responsible Scholarship
- Part II Who Needs the Humanities?
- Selected Literature
- Index
Summary
We humans are social beings. We live with others. We need each other. It takes a village to raise a child, as an African saying has it. The need for partners, colleagues, and friends applies to almost anything else as well. Also, as more and more people live in cities, while home, work, and recreation have become distinct spheres of life, the circle of others we interact with has expanded enormously. We have even come to speak of the “global village,” though that suggests too much familiarity.
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- What Are the Humanities For? , pp. 26 - 60Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021