A Crisis of the Humanities? Reflections on the Role of the Humanities in the Global University

• Main Authors: Doidge, Scott, Doyle, John, Siu, Rhonda
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: digital disruption; disenchantment; humanities; the idea of the university; research impact; university research cultures
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/budhi/vol23/iss3/2; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/budhi/article/1470/viewcontent/Budhi_2023.3_202_20Article_20__20Doidge_2C_20et_20al..pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Since John Harold Plumb’s declaration of “a crisis of the humanities” in 1964, the role of the humanities in the modern university has been the subject of heated debate. Due to ongoing neoliberal educational reform, the modern university has departed from the values of self-cultivation, critical...