The capacity of the arts and the humanities, and of literature in particular, to have a meaningful societal impact has been increasingly undervalued in recent history. Both humanists and scientists have tended to think of the arts as a means to represent the world via imagination. Mack maintains that the arts do not merely describe our world but that they also have the unique and underappreciated power to make us aware of how we can change accustomed forms of perception and action.
Mack explores the works of prominent writers and thinkers, including Nietzsche, Foucault, Benjamin,...
The capacity of the arts and the humanities, and of literature in particular, to have a meaningful societal impact has been increasingly undervalued i...
This book argues for the importance, and societal impact, of the study of the arts and humanities, and of literature in particular. The capacity of the arts and the humanities, and of literature in particular, to have a meaningful societal impact has been increasingly undervalued in recent history. Both humanists and scientists have tended to think of the arts as a means to represent the world via imagination. Mack maintains that the arts do not merely describe our world but that they also have the unique and under appreciated power to make us aware of how we can change accustomed forms of...
This book argues for the importance, and societal impact, of the study of the arts and humanities, and of literature in particular. The capacity of th...
