http://arcade.stanford.edu/category/tags/crisis-of-humanities The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en-ac http://arcade.stanford.edu/why-humanities-are-indispensable <p>I wrote this at the request of a colleague of mine here at Stanford.  She simply asked me to give her my thoughts on why the humanities are important, and, in particular, what the humanities teach students that they cannot be taught in other disciplines.</p> <p><a href="http://arcade.stanford.edu/why-humanities-are-indispensable">read more</a></p> http://arcade.stanford.edu/why-humanities-are-indispensable#comments continuing studies crisis of the humanities literature http://arcade.stanford.edu/crss/node/1312 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:49:37 -0700 David Palumbo-Liu 1312 at http://arcade.stanford.edu http://arcade.stanford.edu/stanley-fish-and-question-of-earning-ones-keep <p>I'd like to first thank Joshua Landy for <a href="/suny-albany-stanley-fish-and-enemy-within">his post</a> on Stanley Fish's provocative <a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/the-crisis-of-the-humanities-officially-arrives/">blog/column</a> in the NYTimes.  I'd like to comment just on one passage from his piece. Fish writes:</p> <p><a href="http://arcade.stanford.edu/stanley-fish-and-question-of-earning-ones-keep">read more</a></p> http://arcade.stanford.edu/stanley-fish-and-question-of-earning-ones-keep#comments crisis of the humanities Stanley Fish SUNY Albany http://arcade.stanford.edu/crss/node/987 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:07:10 -0700 Jack Chen 987 at http://arcade.stanford.edu http://arcade.stanford.edu/suny-albany-stanley-fish-and-enemy-within <p class="MsoNormal">The President of SUNY Albany has just decided to close its programs in French, Italian, Classics, Russian, and Drama.  Here’s a great idea: let’s tell him he did the right thing!</p> <p><a href="http://arcade.stanford.edu/suny-albany-stanley-fish-and-enemy-within">read more</a></p> http://arcade.stanford.edu/suny-albany-stanley-fish-and-enemy-within#comments crisis of the humanities Stanley Fish SUNY Albany value of the humanities http://arcade.stanford.edu/crss/node/985 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:24:06 -0700 Joshua Landy 985 at http://arcade.stanford.edu http://arcade.stanford.edu/after-revolution-or-embarrassment-of-theory <p>Why have the revolutions that theory enacted become an embarrassment?</p> <p><a href="http://arcade.stanford.edu/after-revolution-or-embarrassment-of-theory">read more</a></p> http://arcade.stanford.edu/after-revolution-or-embarrassment-of-theory#comments Christian Thorne crisis of the humanities Louis Menand skepticism and anti-foundationalism Theory http://arcade.stanford.edu/crss/node/783 Sun, 16 May 2010 18:03:46 -0700 Joel Burges 783 at http://arcade.stanford.edu