Why We Need the Humanities

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By Donald L. Drakeman *88

Published Sept. 28, 2016

Calls to deemphasize the humanities in the expectation that scientific and technological innovators will be better for the world may have negative implications for the world, according to Donald L. Drakeman *88. In his new book, Why We Need the Humanities (Palgrave Macmillan), Drakeman argues for the importance of the humanities in our economic and political lives.

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