Humanist Reason - Hayot, Eric

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Résumé :
Hayot challenges scholars and students in the humanities to rethink and reconsider the work they do. Examining the origins of the humanist ethos in nineteenth-century Germany and tracing its philosophical roots back to Immanuel Kant, Hayot returns to the history of justifications for the humanities in order to build the groundwork for their future development. He develops the concept of humanist reason to understand the nature of humanist intellectual work and lays out a series of principles that undergird this core idea. Together, they constitute a provocative intellectual and practical program for a new way of thinking about the humanities, humanist thought, and their role in the university and beyond. Rather than appealing to familiar ethical or moral rationales for the importance of the humanities, Humanist Reason lays out a new vision that moves beyond traditional disciplines to demonstrate what the humanities can tell us about our world.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Rise of Idiographism: Or the Origins of Humanist Metadiscourse
2. The Future OF Singularity: Sentimental Value After Kant
3. Articles of Reason: How Humanists Really (Ought to?) Think
4. Classrooms, Universities, Methods
Notes
Works Cited
Index