Celebrate the Crisis in the Humanities by making it Bigger | Nick Agar | TEDxUniversity of Waikato

Celebrate the Crisis in the Humanities by making it Bigger | Nick Agar | TEDxUniversity of Waikato

We hear much about a crisis in the humanities. Univerities are retreating from beloved subjects like philosophy, history, and classics. I want to convnce you of two things. First: the crisis in the humanities is the most important crisis of all. It’s not an ivory-tower side show on the more important climate, cost-of-