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The Essence of the University and Humanities Direction Towards Development

  • 인문논총
  • 2014, 35(), pp.5-31
  • Publisher : Institute for Human studies, Kyungnam University
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Published : October 31, 2014

Hoyeon Cho 1

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ABSTRACT

This essay examines the short history of universities and the essence of this high educational institution in order to propose the development direction of humanities. Throughout all the histories, the universities continued to maintain and respect the freedom from all kinds of authorities. The tradition of respect for the liberal arts has been well preserved in the humanities, which form the core in the subjects of the contemporary universities. Nowadays, the universities in Korea are faced with the restructuring, through which many universities were forced to close down or to reduce the number of their students. Even under the current situation, the humanities must not be abandoned in the universities, because they make the division between the universities and the trade schools. The restructuring of universities is bound together by the so called humanities crisis while the humanities boom took place in societies. After the humanities crisis began to be discussed, some proposed the solutions based on the tradition oflogics, while others suggested the solutions following the tradition of rhetoric. In principle, it must not be denied that the suggested solutions have their own validities. Moreover, it is considered that a high level of lecture concerning the humanities should be provided, which enables students to prepare well for the entry into society.

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