Big research questions about the human condition : a historian's will

Big research questions about the human condition a historian's will

The basic message of this book can be put in a straightforward way: humanities scholars should improve their way of asking questions. Their questions about the human condition need to be as clear and simple as possible to enable unambiguous answers. Simple without being simplistic, nuanced without b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Jarrick, Arne, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Anthem Press 2021.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Historiography.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • I. Questions And Answers - Background, Motivations And Aims
  • II. Suggested Questions
  • 1 What Explains That Some Kinds of Knowledge Are Widely Accepted Whereas Other Kinds of Knowledge Are Rejected?
  • The question
  • A knowledge society - what is one and are we in one?
  • The decisive criterion: A knowledge-affirming attitude
  • The state of the art and suggested steps forward
  • 2 Why Do Some Societal Processes and Phenomena Develop in a Circular or Repetitive Way Whereas Other Processes Evolve along a Cumulative Trajectory?
  • Cultural evolution
  • Cumulativeness
  • Non-cumulativeness
  • What explains the difference?
  • 3 Why Do Social Norms Change, Despite the Fact That Their Mission Is to Be Sustained? What Role Do Non-Conformist Individuals and Minority Groups Play in Cultural, Cognitive and Normative Change?
  • A: Why do social norms change, despite the fact that their mission is to be sustained?
  • B: What role do non-conformist individuals and minority groups play for cultural, cognitive and normative change?
  • The question - an introduction
  • State of art
  • The significance of outsiders for cultural evolution
  • A possible design
  • 4 Does a Gradual Extension of Our Lifespan (and the Rise of Welfare) Imply a Growing or Declining Ability to Postpone the Satisfaction of Our Needs and Desires?
  • The relevance and importance of the question
  • The state of the art
  • What can be done?
  • 5 What Explains the Widespread Diffusion of Inequality and the Gradual Emergence of Egalitarianism Over the Centuries?
  • Introduction
  • The equality-inequality gradient
  • The trajectory of egalitarianism.
  • 6 Why Do People Appropriate Aesthetic Experience (Both as Producers and Consumers of Cultural Manifestations), and What Are the Individual and Societal Functions of Such Experiences?
  • The issue
  • The essential questions
  • The state of the art
  • Ideas
  • III. What Lies Ahead?
  • Thematic clusters
  • The omitted questions
  • What the humanities are and what they are not
  • Appendices
  • A. Five Thematic Clusters Summarising a Workshop on Big Questions
  • B. Translated Highlights from an Article on the Big Research Questions
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.

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