Falling Inward: Humanities in the Age of Technology - Couverture souple

Baxter, Jason

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1944418636 ISBN 13 : 9781944418632

Editeur : Cluny Media, LLC, 2018

Synopsis

What is the good of studying the humanities? This frequently asked question is usually answered with some variation on the theme of self-improvement. Study the humanities, the formulation goes, and become a more creative individual, with a more well-rounded résumé and a more empathetic outlook. At root, however, such an answer—factual as it may be—is as useless as it is utilitarian. In Falling Inward: Humanities in the Age of Technology, Jason Baxter addresses the pressing question of why we should study of humanities with an answer that is philosophically robust and rich with examples of literature and science. Bringing the films of Christopher Nolan and Terrence Malick into conversation with the writings of Wendell Berry and Gerald Manley Hopkins, Eliot and Plato, Tolkien and Boethius (to name but a few), Baxter weaves an intricate and innovative argument for why we should not only study the humanities, but love the truths that such study brings.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jason Baxter (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is Associate Professor of Fine Arts and Humanities at Wyoming Catholic College. He has lectured widely on the liberal arts, poetry, humanism, and theology, and his scholarly writings include articles on the Platonic tradition in the Latin West and on Dante and the book A Beginner’s Guide to Dante’s “Divine Comedy.”

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cluny Media, LLC
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1944418636
• ISBN 13: 9781944418632
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 184
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