The Humanities “Crisis” and the Future of Literary Studies

1. Introduction
Paul Jay

2. The Humanities Crisis Then and Now
Paul Jay

3. Professionalism and Its Discontents
Paul Jay

4. Humanism, the Humanities, and Political Correctness
Paul Jay

5. Getting to the Core of the Humanities, or Who’s Afraid of Gloria Anzaldúa?
Paul Jay

6. Aesthetics, Close Reading, Theory, and the Future of Literary Studies
Paul Jay

7. Conclusion: The Humanities and the Public Sphere in the Age of the Internet
Paul Jay

Keywords: Education, Higher Education, Sociology of Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Literature, general, Philosophy of Education, Arts Education