What are the humanities?
Q: What are the humanities?
A: The humanities are a group of academic disciplines that study human culture, including languages, literature, music, philosophy, politics, history, media, the classics, religion, and the visual and performing arts.
Q: Which additional subjects are sometimes included in the humanities?
A: Anthropology, area studies, communications, and cultural studies are sometimes included in the humanities, although they are often regarded as social sciences.
Q: When was it popular?
A: The humanities were popular in the Renaissance ages.
Q: What is included in the arts within the humanities?
A: The arts within the humanities include visual arts such as painting and sculpture, as well as performing arts such as theatre and dance, and literature.
Q: Are languages considered part of the arts in the humanities?
A: Languages are sometimes considered to be part of the arts within the humanities, for example as the language arts.
Q: How do the humanities study the human condition?
A: The humanities study the human condition and mostly use methods that are analytic, critical, or speculative and not as empirical as natural and social sciences.
Q: Which subjects are sometimes regarded as social sciences rather than humanities?
A: Anthropology, area studies, communications, and cultural studies are sometimes regarded as social sciences rather than humanities.
