El naufragio de las humanidades

Abstract

 Humanities science work with the human being in a social context where He questions himself (Anthropology) and question others (Sociology). In this sense, its mission in the University context is to complement both family´s and education work to build stronger knowledge about the human being and the world around. In other words, Humanities must foster the individual´s own and others interpretation capacity to enrich his/ her scientific and subject matter oriented formation. As apposite, this is to say, a bet for a “Humankind without Humanities” (Savater) which in turn means the failure of efforts to really understand the sense and value of what makes us human beings. At the University settings, the teaching and learning of humanities sciences is framed in the field of Human sciences but presently it is paid more attention to the development of the know – to Learn and the Know- to Do than the Know – to be and the Know – to Live. The latter competences have been moved to the second place in importance as if they were not fundamental aspects for the human being whole development. From these real aspects, this article deals what it might be considered as the “Humanities wreck” in an age full of the technological miracles and scientific discoveries.