i wanna ask for more information about The Importance Of Humanities. Can u help me please?

Answer 1

We are used to distinguish intellectual activity in two groups: sciences and humanities. Most people tend to give a higher value to sciences because it easily translates into technology (though that is not it's only aim).
Humanities gather a wide array of intellectual activities that go from arts to philosophy. Some disputed activities are Law and History which could be in any of the two groups for different reasons.
What is the importance of humanities? The answer can hardly come from a utilitarian approach since it is hard to demonstrate that we "need" the beauty of a painting or the soothing feeling of music or the flimsy life of a poem (though it is true) but looked at from humanities themselves, I would say: is it possible to keep calling ourselves "human" if we can only appreciate technology? Is asking yourself for the meaning of life a waste of time? What will happen when nobody takes their time to think about ethics? Isn't that what is happening to us, that we are convinced that morality is relative so there is nothing to do about it? Is math the only source of values we can think of?
Modern day violence can be explained through genetic theories, but without a place for moral explanations, we will never have the whole picture and we will never fully solve the problem.

Answer 2

VERY nice first answer. I bring a somewhat different approach but surely endorse the initial poster.

"The Humanities" as a name tells you something of the class of subjects it describes. This is about people - how they live, where they live, what they do, why they do it, and when they lived. The Humanities encompasses the first disciplines of people - long before science, long before technical arts of any kind.

History is one of my favorities, but, then, I am a professional historian. I find applications every day for history - practical uses beyond simply telling some fun stories.

Journalism, theater, literature, the plastic arts - these each also hold a special appeal in terms of a role in the everyday lives of people. Before there were newspapers or radio, for example, there were cave drawings. Before there were electric guitars, there were people huddle around a fire plucking on a stretched horsehair or piece of sinew to produce a little extra accompaniment for their songs of love, worship, or comfort. And these folk later passed stories around the fire, to remember, to instruct, to encourage or share grief - and so set the basis for theater and movies and television.

Long before anyone ever knew what the moon was, they gazed at it and made up stories about it. They could not even conceive of the sciences at that time - or that anyone might ever go to that bright big light above.

People in the Sciences are marvelous. They pursue such fascinating and creative avenues of thought. They affect our world in every way - and they create the challenges that people in the Humanities today strive to address.

Answer 3

Prospective employers and adacemics value the study of the humanities as it forces the student to employ a logical train of thought (philosophy) and includes high levels of problem solving and deduction.(history) Visual skills can be honed considerably (art history) and verbal and written communication skills sharpened. This is just the tip of the iceberg.