“…Without the humanities, democracy and therefore free society could not function properly. The rapidly accumulating literature in defence of the humanities (Brooks and Jewett, 2014; Bérubé and Ruth, 2016; Drees, 2021; Harpham, 2011; Miller, 2012; Nussbaum, 2016; Small, 2013; Sommer, 2013) without exception repeats these virtues of the humanities for the world and refers invariably to neo-liberal politics as the biggest threat to the discipline. Because it is argued that a dominant neoliberal discourse in higher education has led to New Managerialism, in which market language of costs, efficiencies, profits and competition has been chosen over moral and ethical values and the emphasis in education has shifted to practical applicability, success and optimization.…”