TY - BLOG TI - The Global Humanities and the “Crisis” Therein AU - Baker, Rebecca T2 - WE1S AB - [Second paragraph:] However, when we speak of the Global Humanities, this crisis takes on an entirely different shape. The set of instant associations, affiliations, and values that the American academy instantly associates with what the humanities are, and what they are supposed to do, is neither self-evident nor “obvious” across borders and civilizations. Indeed, it is important to remember that our modern conceptualization of the humanities (as opposed to the “liberal arts,” or more simply “the arts”) is itself much more recent than most people realize. The grouping of literary studies, philosophy, religious studies, history, music, law, cultural and ethnic studies, and the various other disciplines that fly under the “humanities” flag did not fully form – and even then, almost exclusively in the US – until after WWII (Harpham 4). DA - 2018/// PY - 2018 LA - en UR - https://we1s.ucsb.edu/research_post/the-global-humanities-and-the-crisis-therein/ Y2 - 2021/05/25/23:29:59 KW - Global humanities KW - Humanities KW - Humanities crisis KW - Liberal arts KW - WE1S blog post ER -