Arne Jarrick

Big Research Questions about the Human Condition (eBook, PDF)

A Historian's Will

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The book is a manifesto-like essay aiming to redress some globally present drawbacks characterizing current research in the humanities: 1. Fragmentation and thematic volatility; 2. A reluctance to acknowledge that humanities research is a truth seeking enterprise as all scientific research; 3. A certain unwillingness (or inability) to ask clear questions and to provide distinct answers to these questions. The book consists of three parts: A. Introduction, where the problem and the purpose of the book is presented; B. six chapters, each presenting a certain topic that I suggest that humanist scholars gather around with sustained efforts; C. Conclusion with some words of how to proceed and a section discussing what the humanities or should and are not or should not be.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781785275685
• Artikelnr.: 63604363

Autorenporträt

Married, four children, six grandchildren; professor emeritus of history at the Centre for the Study of Cultural Evolution, Stockholm University; former secretary general for the humanities and social sciences, Swedish Research Council; former Vice-president of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; et cetera

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; I: Questions and Answers -
Background, Motivations and Aims; Ii: Suggested Questions; 1: What Explains
That Some Kinds of Knowledge Are Widely Accepted Whereas Other Kinds of
Knowledge Are Rejected?; 2: Why Do Some Societal Processes and Phenomena
Develop in a Circular or Repetitive Way Whereas Other Processes Evolve
Along a Cumulative Trajectory?; 3: Why Do Social Norms Change, Despite the
Fact that their Mission is to be Sustained? What Role Do Non-Conformist
Individuals and Minority Groups Play in Cultural, Cognitive and Normative
Change?; 4: Does a Gradual Extension of Our Lifespan (and the Rise of
Welfare) Imply a Growing or Declining Ability to Postpone the Satisfaction
of Our Needs and Desires?; 5: What Explains the Widespread Diffusion of
Inequality and the Gradual Emergence of Egalitarianism Over the Centuries?;
6. Why Do People Appropriate Aesthetic Experience (Both as Producers and
Consumers of Cultural Manifestations), and What Are the Individual and
Societal Functions of Such Experiences?; What Lies Ahead?; Appendices;
Notes; References; Index.