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Being Human: An Introduction to Western Culture
The humanities are branches of study focused on culture, values, and other ways that humans express themselves, like literature, art, history, philosophy, and religion. The idea of the humanities originates in Greece with paideia, or general education beginning with the Sophists in the fifth century BCE. The goal of these studies was to prepare young men to be good and active citizens and Cicero’s humanitas, which prepared young men to be orators.
- Author
- Jacqui Shehorn
- Publisher
- West Hills College Lemoore
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC-SA
- Language
- EN
Contents· 41 sections
- 01: Beauty
- 1.01: What is beauty
- 1.02: Ancient Greece and the Golden Age of Athens
- 1.03: Greek Art
- 1.04: Medieval Arts
- 1.05: The Baroque in Spain
- 1.06: The Renaissance
- 1.07: Art in the Renaissance
- 1.08: Renaissance Music
- 02: Love
- 2.01: What is love
- 2.02: Philosophy and Religion in the Western Tradition
- 2.03: The Enlightenment
- 2.04: The Romantic Era
- 2.05: Music of the Romantic Era
- 2.06: Poetry of the Romantic Era
- 2.07: Transcendentalism
- 03: Discovery
- 3.01: What does it mean to make a discovery
- 3.02: Plato and Aristotle
- 3.03: The Silk Road
- 3.04: Faith in the Enlightenment
- 3.05: The Discovery of the Americas
- 3.06: The Industrial Revolution
- 3.07: The Harlem Renaissance
- 04: Conquest
- 4.01: Ancient Rome
- 4.02: What is a conquest
- 4.03: The Middle Ages
- 4.04: Spanish Exploration and Conquest
- 4.05: English Colonization
- 4.06: The Plight of the Native Americans
- 4.07: Tulsa Race Massacre
- 05: Freedom
- 5.01: What is freedom
- 5.02: The Late Middle Ages
- 5.03: The Reformation
- 5.04: America Comes of Age
- 5.05: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and Workers' Rights
- 5.06: The Civil Rights Movement
- 06: Conclusion