- Title
- A research prospectus for the humanities
- Creator
- Wright, Laurence
- Date Issued
- 2006
- Date
- 2006
- Type
- Book chapter
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- vital:7027
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007213
- Description
- The humanities in South Africa, as elsewhere, face a crisis of credibility.There is pressing need for the humanities to articulate their social and educational purpose more clearly, so that their academic value is recognised beyond the confines of academia.The aim of reshaping human character and society remains the foundational impulse of the humanities. This is achieved through the careful study of specially selected exemplary 'texts': literary works, fine art, social schemes, intellectual movements, historical episodes, and philosophical and religious outlooks.Students are required to respond in person to both 'text' and the discourse of which it is an exemplary instantiation. This is the manner in which they act to influence character and society.
- Format
- 14 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Wright, L.S. (2006) A research prospectus for the humanities. In: Shifting boundaries of knowledge: A view on social sciences, law and humanities in South Africa. University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, pp. 65-78.
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