Humanities

The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences.
The humanities include ancient and modern languages, literature, law, history, philosophy, religion, and visual and performing arts such as music and theatre. The humanities that are also regarded as social sciences include technology, anthropology, area studies, communication studies, cultural studies, and linguistics. Scholars working in the humanities are sometimes describe
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A Terra Dá, a Terra Quer
Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year
10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World: How Parents Can Stop Smartphones, Social Media, and Gaming from Taking Over Their Children's Lives
Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 3 - The Masters of History
Probable Impossibilities: Musings on Beginnings and Endings
How Religion Evolved: And Why It Endures
An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West
The Musical Human: A History of Life on Earth
Trace Elements: Conversations on the Project of Science Fiction and Fantasy
As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West
Futuro ancestral
Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media
The Precipice: Neoliberalism, the Pandemic, and the Urgent Need for Radical Change
Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
The Prince
The Republic
Man's Search for Meaning
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
The Odyssey
Thinking, Fast and Slow
The Communist Manifesto
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
The Art of War
Hamlet
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

Stefan Collini
“ Good work, like good talk or any other form of worthwhile human relationship, depends upon being able to assume an extended shared world. ”
― Stefan Collini

John Berger
“ Whenever the intensity of looking reaches a certain degree, one becomes aware of an equally intense energy coming towards one through the appearance of whatever it is one is scrutinizing. ”
― John Berger

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