And abstract sciences based on the criteria of the subject and method. In the humanities, if accuracy is important, for example in the description of a historical event, then clarity of understanding is even more important.
Unlike the natural sciences, where subject-object relations predominate, in the humanities we are talking primarily about subject-subject relations (and therefore the need for intersubjective relations, dialogue, and communication with others is postulated).
History of origin
The humanities began to develop into institutionalized (university) disciplines only in the 19th century. At this time, the so-called complex Humanities are united under the name “sciences of the spirit” (Geisteswissenschaften). For the first time, the concept of “science of the spirit” is found in Schiele’s translation of “System of Logic” by J. St. Mill (translation of the expression “moral science”), but some German researchers believe that the formation of this concept began even before Schiel’s translation. The concept of “science of the spirit” gains widespread use thanks to the work of V. Dilthey “Introduction to the Sciences of the Spirit” (“Einleitung in die Geisteswissenschaften”, 1883), which substantiates the methodological principles “”. Dilthey in his works examines a number of issues underlying the “spiritual sciences” (for example, the historicity of these sciences, their linguistic nature, as well as problems of experience and understanding). At the very beginning of the “Introduction to the Sciences of Spirit” he noted that if before the beginning of the 18th century. metaphysics dominated the sciences of society and history, then already from the middle of this century they fell into an equally hopeless subordination to the natural sciences.
One can also note the transformation of the traditional division of sciences, leading its history from Aristotle along the line of Kant - Cohen - Bakhtin. Namely, the division of logical, ethical, aesthetic and, in a very special way, religious experience of responsibility.
- Logic examines the cause-and-effect relationships of the objective in the sense of natural scientific rationality; in this regard, the world is viewed from the position of the subject, who objectifies and organizes the objects of the existing world. In a way, this is a certain scale of attitude towards the world of phenomena as a universal and absolute substance.
- In ethics, treating others as oneself, in this area significant moral maxims and references to authority are formulated.
- In aesthetics we are talking about the relationship between the author and the hero, the viewer and the work. In this regard, two consciousnesses that do not coincide with each other always collide, where one completes the other in all moments transgredient to it (background, image, decoration, etc.).
- The area of religion correlates with the ethical, but goes beyond this division, since we are talking about communication with God (including reading religious literature, the form of this communication, etc.).
Here we are primarily dealing with Cohen’s idea of prescribing research by the chosen method and attitude to description, or, in the words of G. Cohen, “the methodology of the approach constitutes the subject of research.”
Subject and method
In the article “The Time of the World Picture” by Martin Heidegger, we read that in the human sciences the criticism of sources (their discovery, selection, verification, use, preservation and interpretation) corresponds to the experimental study of nature in the natural sciences.
But the main task of humanitarian research, according to Bakhtin, is the problem of understanding speech and text as objectifications of the producing culture. In the humanities, understanding passes through the text - through questioning the text in order to hear what can only be reflected: the intentions, reasons, reasons for the purpose, the intentions of the author. This understanding of the meaning of a statement moves in the mode of analyzing speech or text, the life event of which, “that is, its true essence, always develops at the boundary of two consciousnesses, two subjects” (this is a meeting of two authors).
That. The primary data of all disciplines of the humanities is speech and text, and the main method is the reconstruction of meaning and hermeneutic research.
The key problem of the humanities is the problem of understanding.
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An excerpt characterizing the Humanities
- You go over there, they are there. She is. “I kept getting upset and crying,” the woman said again. - She is. Here it is.But Pierre did not listen to the woman. For several seconds now, without taking his eyes off, he looked at what was happening a few steps away from him. He looked at the Armenian family and two French soldiers who approached the Armenians. One of these soldiers, a small, fidgety man, was dressed in a blue overcoat belted with a rope. He had a cap on his head and his feet were bare. The other, who especially struck Pierre, was a long, stooped, blond, thin man with slow movements and an idiotic expression on his face. This one was dressed in a frieze hood, blue trousers and large torn boots. A little Frenchman, without boots, in a blue hiss, approached the Armenians, immediately, saying something, took hold of the old man’s legs, and the old man immediately began hastily to take off his boots. The other, in a hood, stopped opposite the beautiful Armenian woman and silently, motionless, holding his hands in his pockets, looked at her.
“Take, take the child,” said Pierre, handing over the girl and addressing the woman imperiously and hastily. - Give it to them, give it to them! - he shouted almost at the woman, putting the screaming girl on the ground, and again looked back at the French and the Armenian family. The old man was already sitting barefoot. The little Frenchman took off his last boot and clapped the boots one against the other. The old man, sobbing, said something, but Pierre only caught a glimpse of it; all his attention was turned to the Frenchman in the hood, who at that time, slowly swaying, moved towards the young woman and, taking his hands out of his pockets, grabbed her neck.
The beautiful Armenian woman continued to sit in the same motionless position, with her long eyelashes lowered, and as if she did not see or feel what the soldier was doing to her.
While Pierre ran the few steps that separated him from the French, a long marauder in a hood was already tearing the necklace she was wearing from the Armenian woman’s neck, and the young woman, clutching her neck with her hands, screamed in a shrill voice.
– Laissez cette femme! [Leave this woman!] - Pierre croaked in a frantic voice, grabbing the long, hunched soldier by the shoulders and throwing him away. The soldier fell, got up and ran away. But his comrade, throwing away his boots, took out a cleaver and menacingly advanced on Pierre.
- Voyons, pas de betises! [Oh well! Don’t be stupid!] – he shouted.
Pierre was in that rapture of rage in which he remembered nothing and in which his strength increased tenfold. He rushed at the barefoot Frenchman and, before he could take out his cleaver, he had already knocked him down and was hammering at him with his fists. An approving cry from the surrounding crowd was heard, and at the same time a mounted patrol of French lancers appeared around the corner. The lancers trotted up to Pierre and the Frenchman and surrounded them. Pierre did not remember anything of what happened next. He remembered that he had beaten someone, he had been beaten, and that in the end he felt that his hands were tied, that a crowd of French soldiers was standing around him and searching his dress.
“Il a un poignard, lieutenant, [Lieutenant, he has a dagger,”] were the first words that Pierre understood.
- Ah, une arme! [Ah, weapons!] - said the officer and turned to the barefoot soldier who was taken with Pierre.
“C"est bon, vous direz tout cela au conseil de guerre, [Okay, okay, you’ll tell everything at the trial," said the officer. And after that he turned to Pierre: “Parlez vous francais vous?” [Do you speak French? ]
Pierre looked around him with bloodshot eyes and did not answer. His face probably seemed very scary, because the officer said something in a whisper, and four more lancers separated from the team and stood on both sides of Pierre.
– Parlez vous francais? – the officer repeated the question to him, staying away from him. - Faites venir l "interprete. [Call an interpreter.] - A small man in a Russian civilian dress came out from behind the rows. Pierre, by his attire and speech, immediately recognized him as a Frenchman from one of the Moscow shops.
“Il n"a pas l"air d"un homme du peuple, [He doesn’t look like a commoner," said the translator, looking at Pierre.
– Oh, oh! ca m"a bien l"air d"un des incendiaires," the officer blurred. "Demandez lui ce qu"il est? [Oh, oh! he looks a lot like an arsonist. Ask him who he is?] he added.
- Who are you? – asked the translator. “The authorities must answer,” he said.
– Je ne vous dirai pas qui je suis. Je suis votre prisonnier. Emmenez moi, [I won't tell you who I am. I am your prisoner. Take me away,” Pierre suddenly said in French.
- Ah, Ah! – the officer said, frowning. - Marchons!
A crowd gathered around the lancers. Closest to Pierre stood a pockmarked woman with a girl; When the detour started moving, she moved forward.
-Where are they taking you, my darling? - she said. - This girl, what am I going to do with this girl, if she’s not theirs! - the woman said.
- Qu"est ce qu"elle veut cette femme? [What does she want?] - asked the officer.
Pierre looked like he was drunk. His ecstatic state intensified even more at the sight of the girl he had saved.
“Ce qu"elle dit?” he said. “Elle m”apporte ma fille que je viens de sauver des flammes,” he said. - Adieu! [What does she want? She is carrying my daughter, whom I saved from the fire. Farewell!] - and he, not knowing how this aimless lie escaped him, walked with a decisive, solemn step among the French.
The French patrol was one of those that were sent by order of Duronel to various streets of Moscow to suppress looting and especially to capture the arsonists, who, according to the general opinion that emerged that day among the French of the highest ranks, were the cause of the fires. Having traveled around several streets, the patrol picked up five more suspicious Russians, one shopkeeper, two seminarians, a peasant and a servant, and several looters. But of all the suspicious people, Pierre seemed the most suspicious of all. When they were all brought to spend the night in a large house on Zubovsky Val, in which a guardhouse was established, Pierre was placed separately under strict guard.
In St. Petersburg at this time, in the highest circles, with greater fervor than ever, there was a complex struggle between the parties of Rumyantsev, the French, Maria Feodorovna, the Tsarevich and others, drowned out, as always, by the trumpeting of the court drones. But calm, luxurious, concerned only with ghosts, reflections of life, St. Petersburg life went on as before; and because of the course of this life, it was necessary to make great efforts to recognize the danger and the difficult situation in which the Russian people found themselves. There were the same exits, balls, the same French theater, the same interests of the courts, the same interests of service and intrigue. Only in the highest circles were efforts made to recall the difficulty of the present situation. It was told in whispers how the two empresses acted opposite to each other in such difficult circumstances. Empress Maria Feodorovna, concerned about the welfare of the charitable and educational institutions under her jurisdiction, made an order to send all institutions to Kazan, and the things of these institutions were already packed. Empress Elizaveta Alekseevna, when asked what orders she wanted to make, with her characteristic Russian patriotism, deigned to answer that she could not make orders about state institutions, since this concerned the sovereign; about the same thing that personally depends on her, she deigned to say that she will be the last to leave St. Petersburg.
A person of a humanitarian bent is characterized by mastery of the language of words and letters, good linguistic abilities, a philosophical view of things, a sociable and open character, a pleasant and friendly nature.
It is these people who feel most comfortable in a social environment, and humanitarian professions will suit them best. Currently, almost half of all school graduates associate their further studies with humanitarian universities.
The humanities, unlike technical and natural sciences, belong to the social sciences.
These primarily include psychology, history, philology, political science, jurisprudence, journalism, linguistics and others.
For a long time, the subject of research by many scientists has been society and the people in it. We learn our own history, biology, origins, languages and customs. In this case, a special place is given to psychology.
In the modern world, without understanding psychological patterns, it is impossible to engage in many types of activities in the field of science, production, medicine, trade, art, and teaching. Psychological education is in great demand today (See Disadvantages of the psychologist profession). This is one of the leading humanities disciplines.
Another humanitarian science is philosophy. Specialists in this field of activity deal with ideas, but not with specific images and emotions.
They connect their activities with various areas of philosophical, cultural, political science and religious studies. Some, who prefer to gain a deeper understanding of human nature, master the technique of psychological analysis.
The list of humanitarian professions can be continued further. These include the profession of historian.
Historians delve into the past so that we can imagine the events of the past more fully and colorfully. The general trend indicates increased popularity in this specialty. They have high-quality knowledge of national history, foreign languages, the fundamentals of international relations, political science, document management, archival science, historical information science, international relations, and jurisprudence.
Graduates of history universities become scientists and teachers in higher schools, work in government agencies, business, the media, and PR services (See Professions related to history).
Prestigious humanitarian professions include: This profession promises money and power, attracting more and more young people. Real political activity includes a diverse set of actions, organizing parties, participating in election campaigns and speaking in parliament, making government decisions, rallies and diplomatic negotiations, etc.
The profession of journalist is popular among the most creative people. This profession and the work associated with it are extremely in demand today. Numerous news agencies, editorial offices of magazines and newspapers, radio and television, publishing houses, and online publications are in dire need of qualified personnel.
Seminar No. 1
Question No. 1. Content and development of humanitarian knowledge. The process and reasons for expanding humanities knowledge.
Humanities- this is the world of immediate human life, both past and present, and in some respects, future. Humanitarian knowledge is the ability to navigate the world, in terms of what is happening, it is the ability to understand what is happening to us and why we need certain reforms, why we need certain innovations.
Humanitarian knowledge changes a person’s consciousness, as it shapes his attitude to the world and allows him to look at it in a new way. The problem of self-determination is the most important humanitarian problem for humans, because the method of self-determination organizes the whole life, and self-determination is a condition for a person to become successful.
The peculiarity of humanitarian knowledge is that it does not exist independently of a person, since a person himself develops it, rethinking what exists in the outside world, in culture (i.e. in all human experience). For example, he passes ideas or cultural values through his “I” - his individual, and then they become his own, his individual concepts. Individuality here serves as a criterion. Humanitarian knowledge speaks of what was created by man throughout his history, and not of what arose naturally.
The object of the humanities is the individual, more precisely, his spiritual, inner world and the associated world of human relationships and the world of spiritual culture of society.
The humanities include psychology (personality psychology, psychology of emotions, social psychology), civil history (here humanitarian knowledge is combined with social science), sociology, literary criticism, linguistics, etc. They study the spiritual world of man through text. A person always expresses himself (speaks), that is, he creates a text (even a potential one). Where a person is studied outside the text and independently of it, these are no longer the humanities (human anatomy and physiology, etc.
Humanitarian knowledge, just like natural scientific knowledge, strives to achieve truth, that is, to ensure that information about social phenomena is not simply accumulated, different ideas and views on the nature of man and society are not simply summarized, so that these ideas are not erroneous , were not delusions. It has always been important for humanity to understand itself, to understand a person, his actions and thoughts, the nature of his life and the changes that occur in it. Therefore, the problem of truth in humanitarian knowledge is of fundamental importance. Achieving truth in the humanities is achieved in many ways in specific, complex ways. The relationship between truth and error occurs in difficult conditions for a person to choose his life position. But the search for truth is concentrated primarily in humanitarian knowledge. And therefore, the level of a person’s humanitarian education has a huge influence on the formation of a worldview. All humanitarian knowledge is permeated with worldview ideas. Knowledge about society– history, jurisprudence, social psychology, sociology, etc. – is not just a collection of information obtained about the development of society and peoples, but at the same time their understanding from one point or another. The same applies completely to the human sciences, for example, psychology, pedagogy. In society, a person always faces the problem of choice, and then humanitarian education, the level of this education creates the prerequisites for this choice to be made in the most civilized form, since humanitarian education allows a person not to start from scratch, but to use the conscious universal experience.
Question No. 2. Science as a form of knowledge, its features and significance.
The science- a form of spiritual activity of people aimed at producing knowledge about nature, society and knowledge itself, with the immediate goal of comprehending the truth and discovering objective laws.
Classifications of sciences:
on the subject and method of cognition : natural, social and humanitarian, about cognition and thinking, technical and mathematical;
by distance from practice : fundamental and applied.
Functions of science:
· cultural and ideological,
· cognitive-explanatory,
· prognostic,
· social (social forecasting, management and development).
Scientific knowledge– a special type of cognitive activity aimed at developing objective, systematically organized and substantiated knowledge about nature, man and society.
The main features of scientific knowledge are the following:
1. The main task of scientific knowledge is the discovery of objective laws of reality - natural, social, laws of knowledge itself, etc.
2. Science carries out the study not only of objects used in today's practice, but also of those that may become the subject of practical development in the future. Science deals, among other things, with predicting the future;
3. Science is characterized by objectivity, since the main goal of scientific knowledge is objective truth.
4. An essential feature of cognition is its systematic nature. Knowledge is transformed into scientific knowledge when the description and generalization of facts are brought to their inclusion in the theory;
5. Scientific knowledge is characterized by strict evidence, validity of the results obtained, reliability of the conclusions;
6. Verifiability of knowledge through experience and practice.
7. Use of scientific equipment.
There are two levels of scientific knowledge: empirical and theoretical.
The empirical level of scientific knowledge is characterized by direct research of actually existing objects. At this level of research, we are dealing with direct human interaction with the natural or social objects being studied; the process of accumulating information about the objects under study is carried out through observations, measurements, and experiments. The primary systematization of the obtained factual data in the form of tables, diagrams, graphs, etc. is also carried out here.
The theoretical level of scientific knowledge is characterized by the predominance of the rational element - concepts, theories, laws and other forms and “mental operations”. There is no practical interaction with objects. The theoretical level is a higher level in scientific knowledge. The results of theoretical knowledge are hypotheses, theories, laws.
Question No. 3. Humanities: concept, types, specifics, meaning.
Humanitarian sciences- disciplines that study man in the sphere of his spiritual, mental, moral, cultural and social activities.
To date, the problem of classifying the social sciences and humanities has not been resolved. Some authors do not divide sciences into social and humanities, others do. The difference lies in the subject of study. For social sciences, this is society as a whole or its spheres (political, legal, economic, etc.). For the humanities, the subject of study is man and the spiritual products of his activity . In this regard, social sciences include social philosophy, history, sociology, economics, jurisprudence, and political science. The humanities can include cultural studies, religious studies, art history, psychology, linguistics, pedagogy, philosophical anthropology. The similarities between the social and human sciences are very great, so we can talk about the social and human sciences as a single science.
Social sciences and humanities have their own specifics.
1) the need to take into account the phenomenon of freedom.Natural sciences study natural processes. These processes just happen. Social sciences and humanities study human activity in the economic, legal, political, and artistic spheres. Human activity does not happen, but is accomplished. The processes of nature do not have freedom. Human activity is free (not absolutely, of course, but relatively). Therefore, it is less predictable than natural processes. In this regard, in the social sciences and humanities there is less certainty and more unpredictability.
2) high degree of uniqueness of the objects being studied. Uniqueness is a unique set of properties inherent in a given object. Each object is unique. 3) limited application of the experiment. In many cases, the experiment is simply impossible to carry out, for example, in studying the history of a country where events have already occurred. It is impossible to conduct experiments in sociology when studying interethnic relations, or in demography when studying, say, population migration. We cannot resettle peoples and other social groups for experimental purposes, change their wages, living conditions, family composition, etc.
The importance of the humanities very large. They not only broaden their horizons, but also accumulate experience and skills. Studying social -humanist science, a person joins society, gets to know it, and forms his attitude towards others. By delving into the study of at least one of the humanities, a person reveals himself and his potential. Humanities education helps a person find himself, defend his right to self-realization, self-determination, creates his cultural field, that is, takes on the burden of problems of ideological, general cultural, spiritual and intellectual development of the individual.
Question No. 4. General characteristics of the social worldview. The role of the scientific study of society, its functioning and development.
Man is a rational social being. His activities are expedient. And in order to act expediently in the complex real world, he must not only know a lot, but also be able to do so. Be able to choose goals, be able to make this or that decision. To do this, he needs, first of all, a deep and correct understanding of the world. – worldview.
Worldview – This is a system of views on the objective world and man’s place in it, on man’s relationship to the reality around him and to himself, as well as beliefs, ideals, principles of cognition and activity, and value orientations formed on the basis of these views.
The classification of worldviews considers three main types of worldviews from the point of view of its socio-historical features:
Mythological type of worldview formed during the times of primitive people. Then people did not recognize themselves as individuals, did not distinguish themselves from the world around them, and saw the will of the gods in everything. Paganism is the main element of the mythological type of worldview.
Religious type of worldview just like mythological, it is based on belief in supernatural forces. A huge number of moral norms (commandments) and examples of correct behavior keeps society within certain limits and unites people of the same faith. Disadvantages: misunderstanding of people of other faiths, hence division along religious lines, religious conflicts and wars.
Philosophical type of worldview It has social and intellectual character. The mind (intelligence, wisdom) and society (society) are important here. The main element is the desire for knowledge.
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The sciences that exist in the world are usually classified and grouped according to certain properties and purposes. This makes it possible to combine statements about them. In this article, we propose to consider what the system of humanities is from the perspective of the educational process. How are they treated here and abroad?
What are the humanities
The mentioned sciences specialize in man and his life in society. They arose as a logical continuation of scholasticism. The philosophy that deals with human actions was the first to take shape. The word, thoughts and their interpretation are the means and source of knowledge for this field of knowledge.
The natural sciences and humanities originated as elementary observation of processes without human participation in them. But over time their number increased. At the moment these include:
- philosophy;
- sociology;
- political science;,
- psychology;
- pedagogy;
- literary criticism;
- linguistics;
- history and a number of other scientific disciplines.
Talking about what each of them provides is labor-intensive. Although one can still be considered as an example. Here is history - a humanitarian science. And it is one of those because it is based on the word (in the form of chronicles) and thoughts (how to realize what, what to tell to descendants, what material culture will bear witness to).
Humanities from the point of view of Russians
In our country this term is usually used as a synonym for social sciences. Although it is possible to apply it to disciplines that study culture. Very often the humanities are opposed to the exact sciences.
A feature of the latter is the widespread use of mathematical and metrological apparatus. Whereas in the humanities (let’s not forget this), the reliance is placed on the word (natural languages).
English version of interpretation
And among the British, the humanities are interpreted quite broadly. We are talking about a group of academic disciplines that are united on the basis of studying aspects of human existence. It also includes qualitatively different approaches that do not provide for the presence of a single paradigm that can define the presented direction as a science.
So, there are disciplines here that are not provided for us, or they are presented in an abbreviated form. There is also some confusion about what to include where, and the final version may vary depending on the country that took the English system as a basis.
- Classic (by this we mean classical antiquity). We do not have it as a separate discipline.
- Philosophy.
- Languages. They study literary features (the main difference from linguistics).
- Literature.
- Theology (theology).
- Music, dancing, painting, art history, visual arts.
- Archeology.
- Story.
- Local history.
- Ethnography.
- Culturology.
French interpretation
In general, it has a lot in common with the previously discussed options. The only significant difference relates to interpretation. Thus, the French consider the humanities and social sciences, along with formal and natural sciences, together. In general, their designation can be interpreted to mean that they deal with people in society (as well as all the consequences and related aspects).
The importance of the humanities in modern society
We talked a lot about the theoretical approach. But what is the humanities in practice? What does it look like when used? What problems exist in the humanities? Let's look at this using the example of political science.
In general, a politician can win supporters with the help of personal charisma, intelligence and appropriate actions. And if you need to have the first two qualities personally, then you can entrust other people with coming up with public steps.
This humanities science gives an idea of what actions influence something. For example: if there is a war, then the gross domestic product falls and, in addition to the theme of direct action (victory), you can also play with additions (we win - we get money, economic growth awaits, another country will listen to us). Therefore, a plan of movements or performances is drawn up (what needs to be talked about, what worries people). And for this it is necessary to observe the moods in society.
That is, the named humanities are closely related to others. And, in truth, in order to understand any discipline well, as a rule, it is necessary to have a number of knowledge in other similar subjects. Moreover, this similarity can easily cross the boundaries of the group. Political science, for example, relies to a large extent on the data provided by statistics (and it is a mathematical discipline!).
In general, the humanities aim to provide feedback and feedback in order to obtain the maximum effectiveness of actions.
Conclusion
As you can see, the system of humanities sets itself quite significant goals, which, if successfully achieved, have a beneficial effect on the functioning of society. But it is also important that the people who study them become real experts in their field.
Thus, economists are considered humanists, although for high-quality work they need to have a good knowledge of mathematics and be able to use various models (which are often built on systems of equations). But if you understand your business and have the appropriate skills, their presence can have a very positive impact on all economic processes within both individual enterprises and the entire country. The main thing is to have intelligence, and there will be a use for it!