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Humanities in Decline: A Cultural Crisis

Humanities in Decline: A Cultural Crisis

FromAspen Ideas to Go


Humanities in Decline: A Cultural Crisis

FromAspen Ideas to Go

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Length:
55 minutes
Released:
Aug 30, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Is America turning its back on the humanities? The declining enrollment in disciplines including history, literature, language, philosophy and the arts, at colleges and universities across the country, signals a significant cultural shift. In this episode, Leon Wieseltier, contributing editor for The Atlantic, and Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust unpack why the diminished appeal of the humanities has huge cultural implications. Can this trend be reversed in a challenging age, when technology and quantification are highly revered?
Released:
Aug 30, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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Aspen Ideas to Go is a show about big ideas that will open your mind. Featuring compelling conversations with the world’s top thinkers and doers from a diverse range of disciplines, Aspen Ideas to Go gives you front-row access to the Aspen Ideas Festival and other events presented by the Aspen Institute.