Ikpe, Ibanga B.
Theoria, Volume 62, Number 142, March 2015, pp. 50-66(17)
Abstract:
The debate as to whether the humanities is in decline is almost over.
Statistics on declining enrolments, shrinking job prospects, dwindling
funding and growing condescension from society add up to show that all
is not well. Humanities scholars have, in the recent past, tried to
discover
what is wrong as well as do something to demonstrate that the humanities
is still relevant to society. In this regard, many have suggested that
the humanities should change to accommodate the needs of the
marketplace, while others have argued that to do so will change the
humanities so drastically
as to render it unrecognizable. This article is about the current state
of affairs in the humanities and the different views that have been
expressed on it. It argues that rather than the humanities, it is
actually society that is in decline, and as such changing the humanities
to suit the
needs of the marketplace would be a disservice to our long humanistic
tradition. It acknowledges that humanities scholars need to engage more
with society even as they continue in activities that have defined the
humanities through the years and argues for humanities therapy as a way
for the
humanities to engage with a world that is increasingly enamoured with
technê.
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