Who Needs the Humanities?
Nowadays, in country after country, policymakers have become obsessed with the need to strengthen science education. But without the humanities, the primate Homo sapiens would never have been transformed into a creature whose interests, aspirations, and achievements extend beyond successful sexual reproduction.
WARWICK, UK – Nowadays, in country after country, policymakers have become obsessed with the need to strengthen science education. But what about the humanities – all those disciplines (literature, history, languages, and so forth) whose relevance to economic competitiveness is not so obvious?