The Value of the Humanities provides a critical account of the principal arguments used to defend the value of the Humanities. The claims considered are: that t

Tracing the shift from liberal to neoliberal education from the nineteenth century to the present day, this open access book provides a rich and previously unde

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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