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The Art of Being Human Humanities for the 21st Century
ISBN: 9780801331558 | 0801331552
Edition: 6thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 9/8/1999
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The Art of Being Human, 6/e, introduces students to the ways in which the humanities can broaden their perspective, enhance their ability to think clearly and objectively, and enrich their lives. This well-respected text has been lauded for its scope of topics, its accessible level, and its writing style. Chapter topics include not only the usual genres-art, music, literature, cinema, and philosophy-but also myth, love, happiness, death attitudes and life affirmation, and nature.
| Detailed Contents | v | ||||
| Preface | xi | ||||
| xv | ||||
| PART ONE Examining Our Lives | 1 | (110) | |||
| 3 | (16) | |||
| 19 | (26) | |||
| 45 | (30) | |||
| 75 | (36) | |||
| PART TWO The Makers of the Humanities | 111 | (394) | |||
| 113 | (34) | |||
| 147 | (58) | |||
| 205 | (54) | |||
| 259 | (52) | |||
| 311 | (52) | |||
| 363 | (38) | |||
| 401 | (28) | |||
| 429 | (44) | |||
| 473 | (32) | |||
| PART THREE Themes and Symbols in the Humanities | 505 | (182) | |||
| 507 | (34) | |||
| 541 | (36) | |||
| 577 | (36) | |||
| 613 | (40) | |||
| 653 | (34) | |||
| Acknowledgments | 687 | (4) | |||
| Index | 691 |
