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Nayar Shweta  \nCopyright © 2009 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd  \nLicensees of Pearson Education in South Asia  \nNo part of this eBook may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the publisher’s prior written consent.  \nThis eBook may or may not include all assets that were part of the print version. The publisher reserves the right to remove any material present in this eBook at any time.  \nISBN 9788131755860 eISBN 9789332511941  \nHead Office: A-8(A), Sector 62, Knowledge Boulevard, 7th Floor, NOIDA 201 309, India  \nRegistered Office: 11 Local Shopping Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi 110 017, India  \nContents  \nOne Understanding the Humanities 1  \nIntroduction 1  \nDifferences Between the Natural, Social and Human Sciences 2  \nFacts and Interpretation 7  \nHistory as Fiction 8  \nStudy of the Natural World as Compared to the Subjective 10  \nStudy of Tastes, Values and Belief Systems 15  \nThe Question of Ideology 17  \nTwo Language, Culture and Identity 20  \nThe Relation Between Language, Culture and Subjectivity 21  \nThe Question of Agency in Language 26  \nThe Social Construction of Reality 28  \nLanguage in History 30  \nLanguage in Relation to Class, Caste, Race and Gender 31  \nLanguage and Colonialism 36  \nThree Narration and Representation 40  \nReality and/as Representation 42  \nNarrative Modes of Thinking 46  \nNarration in Literature, Philosophy and History 48  \nTextuality and Reading 58  \nFour Indian Philosophy 64  \nOrigin and Development of Indian Philosophical Systems 64  \nWhat Is Knowledge? 75  \nConcepts of Knowledge in the Indian Tradition 81  \nvi  CONTENTS  \nMethodologies of the Indian Knowledge Systems 87  \nIndian Theories of Knowledge 90  \nMultiple Choice Questions 111  \nGlossary 117  \nAbout the Authors 123  \n1 Understanding the Humanities  \nABHIJIT KUNDU  \nChapter outline  \n• Introduction  \n• Differences between the natural, social and human sciences  \n• Facts and interpretation  \n• History as fiction  \n• Study of the natural world as compared to the subjective  \n• Study of tastes, values and belief systems  \n• The question of ideology  \n• Review exercises  \nINTRODUCTION  \nhat do we understand by the word ‘humanities’? The clas  \nWsicbraolaGdreek notion oeducation forfthumanitihe Greekesciwastizento prs Thoevide aconcebpatsiosfofliba  \neral arts has its roots in such a tradition. However, the term‘humanities’probably appeared first during the Italian Renaissance in relation to the education of Christians for their moral and spiritual development. Today, the term refers to those disciplines of knowledge which are broadly  \n2  THE HUMANITIES: METHODOLOGY AND PERSPECTIVES  \nconcerned with human thoughts, creative expressions and culture, and are classified as non-science academic disciplines.  \nBroadly speaking, humanities include the various branches of knowledge which explore the process of creative intervention that humans make in imaginatively interpreting and expressing the meanings of their lived-in experiences. For example, various forms of literature such as novels, short stories, poetry, drama and so on, represent various ways of articulating the meanings of peoples’ life experiences. This articulation within literature can vary significantly in terms of space, time and geographical location. Take for instance James Joyce’s ‘Eveline’, a short story in his book The Dubliners, which is confined to a moment’s experience in the protagonist’s life when she is leaving with her fiancé to Buenos Aires. In contrast, Tolstoy’s classic novel, War and Peace, presents a huge panorama of characters, locations and events.  \nThough a precise definition of the humanities may be difficult, the following disciplines are generally recognized as part of the humanities: (a) the classics; (b) literature and languages; (c) philosophy;(d) religion; (e) visual and performing arts; and (f ) history. 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