Defining 'the humanities'

Wierzbicka, Anna

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Defining 'the humanities'

Date

2011

Authors

Wierzbicka, Anna

Publisher

Sage Publications Inc

Abstract

The division of knowledge into 'science,' 'social science,' and 'the humanities' is deeply entrenched in ways of thinking prevailing in the English-speaking world and is reflected in many institutional structures. The English word science, which excludes