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Podcast: New Books in Education
Episode: Eric Hayot, "Humanist Reason: A History, an Argument, a Plan" (Columbia UP, 2021)
Description: In Humanist Reason: A History, an Argument, a Plan (Columbia UP, 2021), Eric Hayot develops the concept of âhumanist reasonâ to understand the nature and purpose of humanist intellectual work and lays out a serious of principles that undergird this core idea. Rather than appealing to familiar ethical or moral rationales for the importance of the humanities, Humanist Reason lays out a new vision that moves beyond traditional disciplines to demonstrate what the humanities can tell us about our world.Eric Hayot is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies at Penn State University, where he is also Dire...