Open AccessDie toekoms van die geesteswetenskappe
Author(s) -
H.F. Van Rooy
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
koers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.166
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2304-8557
pISSN - 0023-270X
DOI - 10.4102/koers.v47i3.1027
Subject(s) - ideal (ethics) , balance (ability) , threatened species , sociology , political science , environmental ethics , economics , law , philosophy , ecology , habitat , biology , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation
The humanities are today being threatened by the overwhelming demand for manpower for the industries, the demands of professionalising and of national interest in South Africa. 'The danger in this lies in the fact that the balance in society may be upset, at the cost of the cultural development of the people. The ideal of universal man is being relinquished more and more at the cost of specialization in the sciences. 'I here is thus a very real need today that the humanities should not be neglected, but should rather be studied more intensively