News Analysis: How Can the Humanities Articulate Their Worth?

One good thing about the culture wars of the 1980s and 1990s was that the conflict between the warring forces of liberalization and conservatism ensured that nobody asked questions about whether or not the humanities mattered.

As the 21st century approached, however, the once-fierce battles over the cultural politics of the humanities drifted into somnolence. Scholars concentrated on pressing professional concerns, most notably the crisis in scholarly publishing articulated by

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