The Importance of Classics and Humanities: A Conversation with Eric Adler
Eclectic Intellection
English - May 30, 2022 03:39 - 36 minutes - 66.4 MBHistory Society & Culture Philosophy arts academia books classics history humanities languages literature philosophy personal Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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How did the humanities as a field of study develop and change since Antiquity? What should the chief goal of the humanities be? And what role do the classics play within the humanities? In this episode, I discuss these questions with Eric Adler, who is a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Classics at the University of Maryland. We will focus on his recent book The Battle of the Classics: How a Nineteenth-Century Debate Can Save the Humanities Today (Oxford University Press, 2020).