The humanities in American higher education is in a state of crisis with declining student enrollment, fewer faculty positions, and diminishing public prestige.

The Value of the Humanities provides a critical account of the principal arguments used to defend the value of the Humanities. The claims considered are: that t

In this short and powerful book, celebrated philosopher Martha Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of educatio

In this bracing and original book, Geoffrey Galt Harpham argues that today’s humanities are an invention of the American academy in the years following World

The humanities are under attack, and this book presents an argument for their relevance, leaving behind 'departmentalized' approaches to academic knowledge and