Celebrate the Crisis in the Humanities by making it Bigger | Nick Agar | TEDxUniversity of Waikato

So people are saying there's a problem with the humanities. Beloved subjects like classics, English, philosophy, history, they're all in crisis. My name's Nick Aar and I'm a professor of philosophy.So, I get to see this crisis close up. Um, it's it's a challenge and it's something that you can't overlook. I get to see the empty lecture theaters. I get to see the slightly depressed colleagues. I get to see the expressions on the faces of the unsupported politicians.Somehow the story got around that humanitie ...