Humanities for Humans : Clear Thinking on Challenging Issues / Irene Kacandes

Note to Readers from the Editor pp vii-viii; 2 pages -- Sponsors’ Foreword pp ix-xii; 4 pages -- Introduction pp 1-30; 30 pages -- Part One: Naming the Problem pp 31-31; 1 page -- Racism, Fascism, Eugenics: The Political Work of Consequential Fictions pp 31-40; 10 pages -- Racial Regimes, Here and Now pp 41-54; 14 pages -- On the Agency of Migrants pp 55-68; 14 pages -- Part Two: Assessing the Stakes pp 69-69; 1 page -- Equality in (Our) Time pp 69-76; 8 pages -- Humanities in the Face of Genocide pp 77-90; 14 pages -- Indigenous Sustainability and an Ethic of Place: Can We Protect the Lands that We Love? pp 91-108; 18 pages -- Part Three: Crafting Connection pp 109-109; 1 page -- All Power to the Imagination pp 109-118; 10 pages -- Turning Controversy into Connection pp 119-140; 22 pages -- Reparative Memory in Practice pp 141-162; 22 pages -- Appendices pp 163-163; 1 page -- Appendix One pp 163-164; 2 pages -- Appendix Two pp 165-166; 2 pages -- Appendix Three pp 167-180; 14 pages.

Can the academic humanities serve the general public to address some of today's most critical challenges? This unusual volume builds on the conversation series "Humanities for Humans," curated by Irene Kacandes and funded by the De Gruyter Foundation and the New York nonprofit 1014: Space for Ideas, to answer this question in the affirmative. By asking some North America's most prominent academics to think aloud in clear language on topics such as racism, migration, inequality, sustainability, building connection and working toward repair of our communities, this book demonstrates the ultimate value of the imagination in solving seemingly intractable problems. The authors define and distinguish. They offer historical context and concrete examples from North and South America, from Europe, from indigenous cultures, from artists and ordinary folk. By also sharing their own personal trajectories, however, these authors simultaneously anchor their insights in practical terms while highlighting the tangible role of the humanities in the everyday world.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2025. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.