O niezbędności humanistyki w zinstrumentalizowanym świecie. Humanistyka jako projekt kształtowania wrażliwości
On the Indispensability of the Humanities in the Instrumentalised World. Humanities as a Project of Shaping Sensitivity
Author(s): Magdalena SzpunarSubject(s): History, Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Epistemology, Theology and Religion, Contemporary Philosophy, Pragmatism, Culture and social structure , Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: humanities; instrumentalism; compassionate imagination; epistemological anarchism; sensitivity training
Summary/Abstract: In the text, the humanities are understood as the only realistic counterbalance, but also resistance to the dominance of instrumental mind. Devaluation and marginalization of the humanities herald cultural regression and cultural autism of individuals. The humanities are treated as an important project for the formation of sensitivity, social integration, but also emancipation, the creation of a common universe that protects society from atomization. The humanities makes us realize that despite its focus on pragmatism and efficiency, the most important thing always is and has to be the human being. Although it can sometimes be inconclusive, although it leaves many things open, uncompleted, this is where its strength lies, breaking us out of certainties, breaking the hegemonic discourse of what is oppressive, speaking up for the human being.
Journal: ER(R)GO. Teoria-Literatura-Kultura
- Issue Year: 2024
- Issue No: 48
- Page Range: 11-25
- Page Count: 15
- Language: Polish
