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PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-101421448726
ISBN-139781421448725
eBay Product ID (ePID)21061949611
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Number of Pages280 Pages
Publication NamePublic Humanities Turn : the University As an Instrument of Cultural Transformation
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2024
SubjectGeneral, Higher, Teaching Methods & Materials / Arts & Humanities, Arts in Education
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaEducation
AuthorPhilip Lewis
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight15.2 Oz
Item Length8.6 in
Item Width5.6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2023-030090
ReviewsOver the decades, the humanities have experienced several turns , from the linguistic turn in the early 20th century to the cultural turn in the 1970s and smaller trends, such as the so-called "affective turn" in the early 2000s, that have evoked the term. For Lewis, the public humanities turn, which he passionately argues for in his new book, is of existential importance. -- Choice
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal001.3
Table Of ContentPreface Acknowledgments 1. The Big Picture: A History the Humanities Must Face 2. Paradigms for the Public Humanities? 3. Public Humanities and the Privatized Public University 4. The Real Humanities Crisis: Reckoning with the Anthropocene 5. Public Humanities and the University Epilogue Notes Works Cited Index
SynopsisHumanities have the potential to transform human culture--and an obligation to preserve it. In The Public Humanities Turn, Philip Lewis argues that universities are uniquely equipped to act as catalysts for cultural change in the face of the climate crisis. In closely linked essays that explore the evolution of the academic humanities in the era of climate change, he foregrounds the rise of the public humanities, a movement that has been gaining momentum over the past two decades. Surveying a variety of approaches to the public humanities, Lewis relates their emergence to the evolution of higher education and its achievements, problems, and goals. Current academic efforts to engage with the public at large, led by scholars with interdisciplinary commitments, are significant yet far from sufficient. Situating the university as a global institution, Lewis contends that it faces an urgent imperative to collaboratively address common needs and looming crises in a public-facing initiative that integrates the arts, humanities, and social sciences and draws them into a future-oriented dialogue with earth systems science. Advocating for the urgent educational mission of safeguarding humanity's survival on a habitable earth, Lewis proposes a sharpened focus for the public humanities that would position universities as active agents of cultural transformation. The Public Humanities Turn is a clarion call for institutional and cultural change and a must-read for anyone interested in the humanities, climate change, activism, organizational reform, and the future of higher education., Humanities have the potential to transform human culture--and an obligation to preserve it. In The Public Humanities Turn , Philip Lewis argues that universities are uniquely equipped to act as catalysts for cultural change in the face of the climate crisis. In closely linked essays that explore the evolution of the academic humanities in the era of climate change, he foregrounds the rise of the public humanities, a movement that has been gaining momentum over the past two decades. Surveying a variety of approaches to the public humanities, Lewis relates their emergence to the evolution of higher education and its achievements, problems, and goals. Current academic efforts to engage with the public at large, led by scholars with interdisciplinary commitments, are significant yet far from sufficient. Situating the university as a global institution, Lewis contends that it faces an urgent imperative to collaboratively address common needs and looming crises in a public-facing initiative that integrates the arts, humanities, and social sciences and draws them into a future-oriented dialogue with earth systems science. Advocating for the urgent educational mission of safeguarding humanity's survival on a habitable earth, Lewis proposes a sharpened focus for the public humanities that would position universities as active agents of cultural transformation. The Public Humanities Turn is a clarion call for institutional and cultural change and a must-read for anyone interested in the humanities, climate change, activism, organizational reform, and the future of higher education., Humanities have the potential to transform human culture--and an obligation to preserve it. In The Public Humanities Turn, Philip Lewis argues that universities are uniquely equipped to act as catalysts for cultural change in the face of the climate crisis. In closely linked essays that explore the evolution of the academic humanities in the era ......
LC Classification NumberAZ103.L43 2024
