Humanistic Judgment: Ten Experiments in Reading - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0300269978 ISBN 13 : 9780300269970

Editeur : Yale University Press, 2026

Synopsis

A defense of individual judgment as the core of humanistic study   Why do some works of art and thought speak to us for generations while the vast majority are quickly forgotten? What insights do we gain from our experience of exceptional literature, philosophy, and art? How are we changed by our encounters with those works? Professional scholars in the humanities have lately grown uncomfortable, even embarrassed, about judging and asserting the human value of the works they love. In ten experimental and wide-ranging essays, this book seeks to restore value and taste as legitimate bases for judgment, and to illustrate how scholars can pursue wisdom by reflecting on works they judge worthy of serious attention and searching criticism.   Includes essays by Benjamin Barasch, Akeel Bilgrami, David Bromwich, Elizabeth Bruenig, Michael Clune, Maria DiBattista, Michael Fried, Bryan Garsten, Uday Mehta, Roosevelt Montás, and Helen Small.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Benjamin Barasch, a literary scholar and musician, has taught humanities at Yale University, Columbia University, and Deep Springs College. David Bromwich is Sterling Professor of English at Yale University. Bryan Garsten is Professor of Political Science and Humanities at Yale University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0300269978
• ISBN 13: 9780300269970
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Éditeur: Barasch Benjamin, Bromwich David, Garsten Bryan
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