Has There Ever Been a Divide? A Longue Durée Perspective
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| Publication date | 2018 |
| Journal | History of Humanities |
| Volume | Issue number | 3 | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 15-25 |
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| Abstract | This essay investigates the origins of the divide between what we nowadays refer to as the “sciences” and the “humanities.” It argues that from the third century BCE onward, there have been two opposing scholarly practices: searching for patterns versus understanding the unique. A longue durée analysis suggests that this opposition does not originate from a divide between the sciences and the humanities but from two opposing approaches in the humanities. Both approaches still prevail today. |
| Document type | Article |
| Note | © 2018 Society for the History of the Humanities. All rights reserved. |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1086/696299 |
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