{"product_id":"humanistic-judgment-ten-experiments-in-reading-9780300269970","title":"Humanistic Judgment: Ten Experiments in Reading","description":"\u003cb\u003eA defense of individual judgment as the core of humanistic study\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Why do some works of art and thought speak to us for generations while the vast majority are quickly forgotten? What insights do we gain from our experience of exceptional literature, philosophy, and art? How are we changed by our encounters with those works? Professional scholars in the humanities have lately grown uncomfortable, even embarrassed, about judging and asserting the human value of the works they love. In ten experimental and wide-ranging essays, this book seeks to restore value and taste as legitimate bases for judgment, and to illustrate how scholars can pursue wisdom by reflecting on works they judge worthy of serious attention and searching criticism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Includes essays by Benjamin Barasch, Akeel Bilgrami, David Bromwich, Elizabeth Bruenig, Michael Clune, Maria DiBattista, Michael Fried, Bryan Garsten, Uday Mehta, Roosevelt Montás, and Helen Small.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenjamin Barasch\u003c\/b\u003e, a literary scholar and musician, has taught humanities at Yale University, Columbia University, and Deep Springs College. \u003cb\u003eDavid Bromwich\u003c\/b\u003e is Sterling Professor of English at Yale University. \u003cb\u003eBryan Garsten\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Political Science and Humanities at Yale University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52058043908370,"sku":"9780300269970","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_348192eb-74ab-4e70-acf0-5826970a7a57.jpg?v=1772022222","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/humanistic-judgment-ten-experiments-in-reading-9780300269970","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}