Abstract:The role of the humanities and of History n his fascinating work My unwritten books (2008), George Steiner addresses the issue of the Humanities, specifically education reform, secondary and higher education, and we realize that the only way to consistently and effectively defend this cause today is to reach far beyond the repetitive commonplaces, which often lead us to useless feelings of absence that bear no relation to the serious thinking about the fight against ignorance and mediocrity. The Compared Liter… Show more
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