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The case for the humanities : pedagogy, polity, interdisciplinarity /

"Countering the perception that the humanities are unessential, this volume contends that their well-being has not only academic but also cultural, political, and existential ramifications. Our technologically-driven world possesses the means of its own destruction, while economic and financial...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Touya de Marenne, Eric (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a The humanities in the city -- Humanizing economics -- Searching for STEM's Telos -- Transcendent humanities. 
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