Humanities, HOW-LES
The humanities are those branches of knowledge that concern themselves with human beings and their culture. The humanities include the study of all languages and literatures, the arts, history, and philosophy.
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Howard, Richard
Richard Howard was an American poet, critic, and translator who was influential in introducing modern French poetry......
Howells, William Dean
William Dean Howells was a U.S. novelist and critic, the dean of late 19th-century American letters, the champion......
Hucbald
Hucbald was a medieval French musical theorist, scholar, and humanist. Hucbald was a pupil of his uncle, the scholar......
Hughes, Robert
Robert Hughes was an Australian art critic and television personality known for his informed and highly opinionated......
human ecology
human ecology, man’s collective interaction with his environment. Influenced by the work of biologists on the interaction......
Humanism
Humanism, system of education and mode of inquiry that originated in northern Italy during the 13th and 14th centuries......
- Introduction
- Renaissance, Education, Philosophy
- Active Virtue, Renaissance, Education
- Renaissance, Education, Philosophy
- Renaissance, Education, Philosophy
- Renaissance, Architecture, Alberti
- Renaissance, Education, Philosophy
- Realism, Politics, Philosophy
- Erasmus, Renaissance, Reformation
- Renaissance, Education, Literature
- Renaissance, Art, Philosophy
- Renaissance, Education, Philosophy
- Renaissance, Enlightenment, Modernity
Humanities
Humanities, those branches of knowledge that concern themselves with human beings and their culture or with analytic......
Humboldt, Alexander von
Alexander von Humboldt was a German naturalist and explorer who was a major figure in the classical period of physical......
Huneker, James Gibbons
James Gibbons Huneker was an American critic of music, art, and literature, a leading exponent of impressionistic......
Huntington, Ellsworth
Ellsworth Huntington was a U.S. geographer who explored the influence of climate on civilization. An instructor......
Hurston, Zora Neale
Zora Neale Hurston was an American folklorist and writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance who celebrated......
ideal type
ideal type, a common mental construct in the social sciences derived from observable reality although not conforming......
Idelsohn, Abraham Zevi
Abraham Zevi Idelsohn was a Jewish cantor, composer, founder of the modern study of the history of Jewish music,......
Idrīsī, Muḥammad al-
Muḥammad al-Idrīsī was an Arab geographer and adviser to Roger II, the Norman king of Sicily. He wrote one of the......
Idrīsī, Muḥammad al-
Muḥammad al-Idrīsī was an Arab geographer and adviser to Roger II, the Norman king of Sicily. He wrote one of the......
impossibility theorem
impossibility theorem, in political science, the thesis that it is generally impossible to assess the common good.......
income and employment theory
income and employment theory, a body of economic analysis concerned with the relative levels of output, employment,......
incomes policy
incomes policy, collective governmental effort to control the incomes of labour and capital, usually by limiting......
industrial engineering
industrial engineering, application of engineering principles and techniques of scientific management to the maintenance......
information science
information science, discipline that deals with the processes of storing and transferring information. It brings......
institutional economics
institutional economics, school of economics that flourished in the United States during the 1920s and ’30s. It......
Intellectual history
Intellectual history, branch of history that deals with the historical propagation and dissemination of ideas.......
intentionality
intentionality, in modern literary theory, the study of authorial intention in a literary work and its corresponding......
intercalation
intercalation, insertion of days or months into a calendar to bring it into line with the solar year (year of the......
International Date Line
International Date Line, imaginary line extending between the North Pole and the South Pole and arbitrarily demarcating......
International Humanist and Ethical Union
International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), global union of humanist and related organizations, founded in......
intersectionality
intersectionality, in social theory, the interaction and cumulative effects of multiple forms of discrimination......
iron law of oligarchy
iron law of oligarchy, sociological thesis according to which all organizations, including those committed to democratic......
Isaac Of Stella
Isaac Of Stella was a monk, philosopher, and theologian, a leading thinker in 12th-century Christian humanism and......
Isidore Of Kiev
Isidore Of Kiev was a Greek Orthodox patriarch of Russia, Roman cardinal, Humanist, and theologian who strove for......
Jacobs, Joseph
Joseph Jacobs was an Australian-born English folklore scholar, one of the most popular 19th-century adapters of......
Jakobson, Roman
Roman Jakobson was a Russian born American linguist and Slavic-language scholar, a principal founder of the European......
James, C.L.R.
C.L.R. James was a West Indian-born cultural historian, cricket writer, and political activist who was a leading......
Jing Hao
Jing Hao was an important landscape painter and essayist of the Five Dynasties (907–960) period. Jing spent much......
Jochelson, Vladimir Ilich
Vladimir Ilich Jochelson was a Russian ethnographer and linguist noted for his studies of Siberian peoples. Jochelson......
Josipovici, Gabriel
Gabriel Josipovici is a French-born British novelist, literary theorist, dramatist, and short-story writer whose......
Jouve, Pierre-Jean
Pierre-Jean Jouve was a French poet, novelist, and critic. Early in his career, Jouve was influenced by the Abbaye......
Joveynī, ʿAṭā Malek
ʿAṭā Malek Joveynī was a Persian historian. Joveynī was the first of several brilliant representatives of Persian......
Judd, Donald
Donald Judd was an American artist and critic associated with Minimalism. Credited as Minimalism’s principal spokesman,......
Julian calendar
Julian calendar, dating system established by Julius Caesar as a reform of the Roman republican calendar. By the......
Julian period
Julian period, chronological system now used chiefly by astronomers and based on the consecutive numbering of days......
Junod, Henri Alexandre
Henri Alexandre Junod was a Swiss Protestant missionary and anthropologist noted for his ethnography of the Tsonga......
Jurisprudence
Jurisprudence, Science or philosophy of law. Jurisprudence may be divided into three branches: analytical, sociological,......
Kael, Pauline
Pauline Kael was a prominent American film critic of the second half of the 20th century. Kael graduated from the......
Kahnweiler, Daniel-Henry
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler was a German-born French art dealer and publisher who is best known for his early espousal......
Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo College, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Kalamazoo, Mich., U.S. It is a liberal......
Kandinsky, Wassily
Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian-born artist, one of the first creators of pure abstraction in modern painting.......
Kenyon College
Kenyon College, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Gambier, Ohio, U.S., about 40 miles (65......
Kerényi, Károly
Károly Kerényi was a Hungarian classical philologist and authority in comparative religions, who pioneered research......
Keynesian economics
Keynesian economics, body of ideas set forth by John Maynard Keynes in his General Theory of Employment, Interest......
Kirkpatrick, Ralph
Ralph Kirkpatrick was an American musicologist and one of the most influential harpsichordists of the 20th century.......
Kirkus, Virginia
Virginia Kirkus was an American critic, editor, and writer, remembered for her original book review for booksellers,......
Klemm, Gustav Friedrich
Gustav Friedrich Klemm was a German anthropologist who developed the concept of culture and is thought to have......
Kluckhohn, Clyde K.M.
Clyde K.M. Kluckhohn was an American professor of anthropology at Harvard University, who contributed to anthropology......
Knorozov, Yury Valentinovich
Yury Valentinovich Knorozov was a Russian linguist, epigraphist, and ethnologist, who played a major role in the......
Knox College
Knox College, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Galesburg, Illinois, U.S. The college, founded......
Kobayashi Hideo
Kobayashi Hideo was one of the most influential critics in the Japanese cultural world. Kobayashi studied French......
Kochanowski, Jan
Jan Kochanowski was a humanist poet who dominated the culture of Renaissance Poland. Born into the country nobility,......
Kodály, Zoltán
Zoltán Kodály was a prominent composer and authority on Hungarian folk music. He was also important as an educator......
Koechlin, Charles
Charles Koechlin was a composer and teacher who had a strong impact on his own and younger generations of French......
Komitas
Komitas was an ethnomusicologist and composer who created the basis for a distinctive national musical style in......
Komparu Zenchiku
Komparu Zenchiku was a nō actor and playwright who also wrote critical works on drama. Zenchiku, who married a......
Koppers, Wilhelm
Wilhelm Koppers was a Roman Catholic priest and cultural anthropologist who advocated a comparative, historical......
Kraus, Karl
Karl Kraus was an Austrian journalist, critic, playwright, and poet who has been compared with Juvenal and Jonathan......
Krauss, Rosalind
Rosalind Krauss is an American art critic and historian of 20th-century art who first came to prominence when she......
Kreutzwald, F. Reinhold
F. Reinhold Kreutzwald was a physician, folklorist, and poet who compiled the Estonian national epic poem Kalevipoeg......
Kristeva, Julia
Julia Kristeva is a Bulgarian-born French psychoanalyst, critic, novelist, and educator, best known for her writings......
Kroeber, A.L.
A.L. Kroeber was an influential American anthropologist of the first half of the 20th century, whose primary concern......
Krutch, Joseph Wood
Joseph Wood Krutch was an American naturalist, conservationist, writer, and critic. Krutch attended the University......
Krėvė-Mickievičius, Vincas
Vincas Krėvė-Mickievičius was a Lithuanian poet, philologist, and playwright whose mastery of style gave him a......
Kuhn, Adalbert
Adalbert Kuhn was a German language scholar and folklorist who founded a new school of comparative mythology based......
Kulturkreis
Kulturkreis, location from whence ideas and technology subsequently diffused over large areas of the world. It......
Kunst, Jaap
Jaap Kunst was a Dutch ethnomusicologist who was one of the founders of modern ethnomusicology. Kunst began to......
Kuspit, Donald
Donald Kuspit is an American art critic and art historian widely regarded as the foremost practitioner of psychoanalytic......
Kâtip Çelebi
Kâtip Çelebi was a Turkish historian, geographer, and bibliographer. Kâtip became an army clerk and took part in......
Köhler, Oswin
Oswin Köhler was a German linguist and ethnologist specializing in African languages and culture. In 1962 Köhler......
La Farge, John
John La Farge was an American painter, muralist, and stained-glass designer. After graduating from St. Mary’s College......
La Farge, Oliver
Oliver La Farge was an American anthropologist, short-story writer, and novelist who acted as a spokesman for Native......
La Flesche, Francis
Francis La Flesche was a U.S. ethnologist and champion of the rights of American Indians who wrote a book of general......
labeling theory
labeling theory, in criminology, a theory stemming from a sociological perspective known as “symbolic interactionism,”......
labour economics
labour economics, study of the labour force as an element in the process of production. The labour force comprises......
Labov, William
William Labov was an American linguist who was known for his pioneering work on regional variations in language.......
Laetus, Julius Pomponius
Julius Pomponius Laetus was an Italian humanist and founder of the Academia Romana, a semi-secret society devoted......
Laforgue, Jules
Jules Laforgue was a French Symbolist poet, a master of lyrical irony and one of the inventors of vers libre (“free......
Lamb, Sydney M.
Sydney M. Lamb is an American linguist and originator of stratificational grammar, an outgrowth of glossematics......
Lambert, Constant
Constant Lambert was an English composer, conductor, and critic who played a leading part in establishing the ballet......
Landowska, Wanda
Wanda Landowska was a Polish-born harpsichordist who helped initiate the revival of the harpsichord in the 20th......
Langer, Susanne K.
Susanne K. Langer was an American philosopher and educator who wrote extensively on linguistic analysis and aesthetics.......
Lascaris, John
John Lascaris was a Greek scholar and diplomat whose career shows the close connections that linked political interests......
latitude and longitude
latitude and longitude, in cartography, a coordinate system used to determine and describe the position of any......
Le Braz, Anatole
Anatole Le Braz was a French folklorist, novelist, and poet who collected and edited the legends and popular beliefs......
Leap Day, February 29
For adherents of the Gregorian calendar, Monday, February 29, 2016, is Leap Day. A leap day occurs in a leap year,......
leap year
leap year, year containing some intercalary period, especially a Gregorian year having a 29th day of February instead......
Lear, Edward
Edward Lear was an English landscape painter who is more widely known as the writer of an original kind of nonsense......
Lebensraum
Lebensraum, policy of Nazi Germany that involved expanding German territories to the east to provide land and material......
Lee Ufan
Lee Ufan is a Korean artist, critic, philosopher, and poet who was a prominent theorist and proponent of the Tokyo-based......
Lefèvre d’Étaples, Jacques
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples was an outstanding French humanist, theologian, and translator whose scholarship stimulated......
Leino, Eino
Eino Leino was a prolific and versatile poet, a master of Finnish poetic forms, the scope of whose talent ranges......
Lemaître, Jules
Jules Lemaître was a French critic, storyteller, and dramatist, now remembered for his uniquely personal and impressionistic......
Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was a German dramatist, critic, and writer on philosophy and aesthetics. He helped free......