tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10834046.post5797397289369972687..comments2023-09-25T12:16:55.972+01:00Comments on The Reflection Cafe: The Burden of the HumanitiesReflection Cafehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15613969718374472287noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10834046.post-87366935778328398762008-07-28T15:27:00.000+01:002008-07-28T15:27:00.000+01:00My comments would relate to three specific issues:...My comments would relate to three specific issues:(1)Humanities/humanistic and literary devices/social and cultural sciences have,in major part, failed to deliver in social terms due to varied failings of the agencies/institutions/establishments that have been entrusted with responsibilities of deliverance;<BR/>(2)Specific geo-political ground realities of huamn existence have prevented such agencies/institutions/establishments from making requisite efforts to capitalize on or disseminate the knowledge and expertise emanating from humanities and other allied variants of humanistic endeavour among social classes/groups/formations who need them most,monopolizing or distorting the intended purports and consequences of humanities to suit the evil needs and intentions of entrenched vested interests;<BR/>(3)Humanities have always shown inherrent potentials for generating 'paradigmatic self-critiques' to create 'epistemic violence' against all forms of 'disciplinary injustice' meted out to knowledge enterprises in both societies at war or in peace with themselves or others.<BR/><BR/>Viewed in these perspectives,I would conclude by upholding the relevance of huamnities to fathoming the depth of contemporary politico-social discursivities,including the ones generated by the so-called 'non-humanistic' knowledge enterprises(all 'hard' sciences,after all, have had distinct humanistic blends and blemishes throughout the processes of their coming into being as well as maturation).<BR/><BR/>Humanities can do nothing unless human beings involved in handling them remain mindful of their built-in potentials and weaknesses and humanities alone can afford to generate a sort of 'epistemic violence' that can question the very meaning of it's own existence.So,humanities haven't failed us,we've failed the humanities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com