Assignment 3
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WTHisHumanities.pptxWTH is Humanities?
What exactly is Humanities?
What was once known as the “Classics”
a study of art, literature and philosophy and of what great artists, writers, and philosophers have accomplished to understand what it means to be a human being and thinker
Critically engaging in cultural artifacts, languages, customs and traditions to understand human experiences and condition
The Gifts of Humanites
Beauty
Beautiful Movement
Language
Ideas
Deeper sense of the past
Beauty
A pleasing arrangement of parts that affects us.
Beauty is determined by two things:
Aesthetic pleasure-the pleasure that beauty inspires
The feeling you feel when you see that special someone
Rightness-when the arrangements of particular parts of something are pleasing
A subjective interpretation of something’s attractiveness
Still, beauty is determined both by personal appeal and cultural standards
Beautiful Movement
we find aesthetic pleasure in not just watching others but also in participating to the best of our abilities.
Example-
You may not be a good skilled dancer, but you will still go out dancing with friends or dance around the house because it makes you feel goof
You may not be able to sing, but singing is something we all enjoy
Language
through language we make ourselves understood to others
We acquire models to make people take more, to provide recognition
Languages can be manipulated to the point that it connects us all
Everyday speech is just as important
Who doesn’t know what LOL means?
Ideas
words are the means by which we think
"The Mind" when people speak of it is generally where ideas are formulated and stored
We all think differently
This is why some of us are better at math than writing papers, some can read music and some can freestyle of the top of their head
Deeper Sense of Past
the realized human being is an accumulation of what has gone before and how that affects the present
These experiences help each of us to better understand what living is all about
The Humanities are reason why we still enjoy Shakespeare, why we still ponder over the Mona Lisa, why Classical music influences Hip Hop
Literalist v. Figuratist
Literalist
Non-critical person whose language reflects a concern for the immediate moment
what is happening or being viewed as relates to the self.
What is literally meant
Figuratist
A critical thinker whose use of language is characteristically colorful, often playful, filled with metaphors
suggest a greater interest in the general than in just the particular.
What is represented
How to Approach?
Apollonian
disciplined, analytical, rational, and coherent
responds by seeking meaning
What we think about something
Dionysian
emotional, intuitive, freedom from limits
responds emotionally
How we feel about something
Empathy and Alienation
Alienation
Used to describe the ideal, non emotional state in which the viewer is best able to derive the authors' message.
Just the facts
Don’t feel, just think
Very Apollonian in nature
Empathy
The quality of identifying with another, becoming, in a sense, that person and being involved in his or her problems.
Put yourself in their shoes
Don’t think, just feel
"A Dionysian trick of our nature."
Being an Infinite Person
commits no crimes against humanity
No longer preoccupied with self
free of rigid prejudices
Free to exercise whatever so long as everyone else can too
does not jump to conclusions
Views all sides before passing judgement
Critical Thinking
becoming objective in how we evaluate what we see, read, or hear
separating rational and emotional responses to make an informed response
delaying a final judgment until we have all the data.
Doing so sharpens the mind and helps us approach life issues from all perspectives
The Importance of Responding Critically
When we think critically about anything, do the following 6 things:
Define what we want to determine
Acknowledge emotional responses
Collect information and consider all factors
Evaluate topic in proper context
Accept characters unlike you
Form an opinion with evidence to back it up
Context
the framework of circumstances, background, or environment of which a given work is understood
historical context is the influence that the ideas, values, and styles of a particular time have on a society, work of art, or philosophy.
Context ALWAYS matters, so ALWAYS consider it
