Culture and Values: A Survey of the Western Humanities, Volume 2
Culture and Values: A Survey of the Western Humanities, Volume 2

Author: Lawrence S. Cunningham

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 9781285458199

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CULTURE AND VALUES: A SURVEY OF THE WESTERN HUMANITIES takes you on a fascinating tour of some of the world's most significant examples of art, music, philosophy, and literature, from the beginnings of civilization to today. New features in the eighth edition are designed to make it easy for you to understand the influence of historical events and values on the works produced by each culture--guided discussions of all of the readings, chapter previews, timelines, Compare and Contrast sections, Big Picture reviews at the end of each chapter, and high-quality images with clear captions. Volume 2 covers the High Renaissance to the 21st Century. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Culture and Values: A Survey of the Western Humanities, Volume 1
Culture and Values: A Survey of the Western Humanities, Volume 1

Author: Lawrence S. Cunningham

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 9781285458182

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CULTURE AND VALUES: A SURVEY OF THE WESTERN HUMANITIES takes you on a fascinating tour of some of the world's most significant examples of art, music, philosophy, and literature, from the beginnings of civilization to today. New features in the eighth edition are designed to make it easy for you to understand the influence of historical events and values on the works produced by each culture--guided discussions of all of the readings, chapter previews, timelines, Compare and Contrast sections, Big Picture reviews at the end of each chapter, and high-quality images with clear captions. Volume 1 covers early civilizations through the High Renaissance. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

The Value of the Humanities
The Value of the Humanities

Author: Helen Small

Publisher: Academic

Published: 2013-10-03

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 0199683867

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In The Value of the Humanities prize-winning critic Helen Small assesses the value of the Humanities, eloquently examining five historical arguments in defence of the Humanities.

A Survey of the Humanities
A Survey of the Humanities

Author: Lawrence S. Cunningham

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company

Published: 2005-06

Total Pages: 4

ISBN-13: 9780534582364

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This text specific audio CD contains music discussed in the text. It can be purchased separately or bundled with the text.

Arts and Humanities
Arts and Humanities

Author: Brenda Jo Brueggemann

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2012-08-02

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 1483305929

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This volume in The SAGE Reference Series on Disability explores the arts and humanities within the lives of people with disabilities. It is one of eight volumes in the cross-disciplinary and issues-based series, which incorporates links from varied fields making up Disability Studies as volumes examine topics central to the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families. With a balance of history, theory, research, and application, specialists set out the findings and implications of research and practice for others whose current or future work involves the care and/or study of those with disabilities, as well as for the disabled themselves. The presentational style (concise and engaging) emphasizes accessibility. Taken individually, each volume sets out the fundamentals of the topic it addresses, accompanied by compiled data and statistics, recommended further readings, a guide to organizations and associations, and other annotated resources, thus providing the ideal introductory platform and gateway for further study. Taken together, the series represents both a survey of major disability issues and a guide to new directions and trends and contemporary resources in the field as a whole.

Nursing and Humanities
Nursing and Humanities

Author: Graham McCaffrey

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-03-11

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1000033554

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The humanities have long been recognized as having a place in nursing knowledge, and have been used in education, theory, and research by nurses. However, the place of humanities in nursing has always remained ambiguous. This book offers an in-depth exploration of the relationship between humanities and nursing. The book starts with a survey of the history of humanities in nursing, in comparison with medical humanities and in the context of the emergence of interdisciplinary health humanities. There is a description of applications of humanities within nursing. A central section offers an argument for placing the humanities firmly within a mixed model of nursing knowledge that is based upon embodied cognition. Final chapters explore these ideas through a series of essays on topics of humanities as a form of intervention, prose and poetry in relation to nursing, and applications of the Buddhist concept of interdependence. Nursing and Humanities is intended primarily for nurse academics and graduate students, who have an interest in nursing theory, applications of arts and humanities in education, and qualitative research approaches. It will also interest practicing nurses who are looking for an account of nursing that combines the technical and the human.

What Science Offers the Humanities
What Science Offers the Humanities

Author: Edward Slingerland

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-02-11

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9780521701518

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What Science Offers the Humanities examines some of the deep problems facing current approaches to the study of culture. It focuses especially on the excesses of postmodernism, but also acknowledges serious problems with postmodernism's harshest critics. In short, Edward Slingerland argues that in order for the humanities to progress, its scholars need to take seriously contributions from the natural sciences-and particular research on human cognition-which demonstrate that any separation of the mind and the body is entirely untenable. The author provides suggestions for how humanists might begin to utilize these scientific discoveries without conceding that science has the last word on morality, religion, art, and literature. Calling into question such deeply entrenched dogmas as the "blank slate" theory of nature, strong social constructivism, and the ideal of disembodied reason, What Science Offers the Humanities replaces the human-sciences divide with a more integrated approach to the study of culture.