The end of the humanities: teaching and learning in time of crisis

Authors

  • Luís António Umbelino Universidade de Coimbra – UC, Coimbra, Portugal

Keywords:

Humanities, Crisis, Text, Narrative

Abstract

The aim of this study is to reflect on the role of Humanities education in the context of a cultural model in which a narrative of utility and economic profitability predominates. The main axis of this study is guided by a question: what is there to think, when thinking of the Humanities becomes a task of resistance? The development of the analysis will attempt to test the following thesis: there is a “heavy price” to pay for the gap in the study of the Humanities; this price is economic, political, civic, democratic, and anthropological. It remains to formulate the question what to do to prevent such a “heavy” price. In an attempt to answer this question, we will propose a consideration of some aspects of the way P. Ricoeur (1983, 1986, 1988, 1998, 2000) retrieves main concepts of the thought of R. Koselleck (1990).

 

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Published

2018-03-21

How to Cite

Umbelino, L. A. (2018). The end of the humanities: teaching and learning in time of crisis. Cadernos De Pesquisa, 48(167), 192–202. Retrieved from https://publicacoes.fcc.org.br/cp/article/view/4666

Issue

Vol. 48 No. 167: jan./mar.2018

Section

Tema em Destaque - Alteridade e Educação

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