History and Philosophy of the Humanities: An Introduction

by Michiel Leezenberg and Gerard de Vries

The humanities include disciplines as diverse as literary theory, linguistics, history, film studies, theology, and philosophy. Do these various fields of study have anything in common that distinguishes them from, say, physics or sociology? The tripartite division between the natural sciences, the social sciences and the humanities may seem self-evident, but it only arose during the course of the 19th century and is still contested today.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9463724931
• ISBN13: 9789463724937
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"