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A new history of the humanities : the search for principles and patterns from Antiquity to the present /

This publication focuses on the history of the humanities from Antiquity to the present. Its central theme is the way in which scholars throughout the ages and in virtually all civilisations have sought to identify patterns in texts, art, music languages, literature, and the past.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bod, Rens, 1965- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Humanities > History.
Sciences humaines > Histoire.
REFERENCE > Questions & Answers.
Humanities
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The quest for principles and patters
  • Antiquity: the dawn of the 'Humanities'
  • Middle Ages: the universal and the particular
  • Early modern era: The unity of the Humanities
  • Modern era: the Humanities renewed
  • Conclusions: Insights from the Humanities that changed the world.