Humanities for Humans : Clear Thinking on Challenging Issues.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kacandes, Irene.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2025.

Summary:

Can the academic humanities serve the general public to address some of today’s most critical challenges? This unusual volume builds on the conversation series "Humanities for Humans," curated by Irene Kacandes and funded by the De Gruyter Foundation and the New York nonprofit 1014: Space for Ideas, to answer this question in the affirmative. By asking some North America’s most prominent academics to think aloud in clear language on topics such as racism, migration, inequality, sustainability, building connection and working toward repair of our communities, this book demonstrates the ultimate value of the imagination in solving seemingly intractable problems. The authors define and distinguish. They offer historical context and concrete examples from North and South America, from Europe, from indigenous cultures, from artists and ordinary folk. By also sharing their own personal trajectories, however, these authors simultaneously anchor their insights in practical terms while highlighting the tangible role of the humanities in the everyday world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Note to Readers from the Editor

Sponsors’ Foreword

Introduction

Part One: Naming the Problem

Racism, Fascism, Eugenics: The Political Work of Consequential Fictions

Racial Regimes, Here and Now

On the Agency of Migrants

Part Two: Assessing the Stakes

Equality in (Our) Time

Humanities in the Face of Genocide

Indigenous Sustainability and an Ethic of Place: Can We Protect the Lands that We Love?

Part Three: Crafting Connection

All Power to the Imagination

Turning Controversy into Connection

Reparative Memory in Practice

Appendices

Appendix One

Appendix Two

Appendix Three

Notes:

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ISBN:

9783111531489

3111531481

OCLC:

1503845479