Opportunity Cost or Opportunity Lost： The Humanities in South Africa  

作　　者：Peter Vale 

出　　处：《Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences》2011年第4期56-78,共23页复旦人文社会科学论丛（英文版）

摘　　要：By positioning the debate on the future of the Humanities in an international setting, this essay presents an historical and contemporary account of them in South Africa. [ In this country the Humanities and the Social Sciences are subsumed under a single （and rather imperfect ） organizational rubric ]. The argument looks at the role they played during apartheid and their influence in bringing apartheid to an end. In the post-apartheid period the Humanities have fallen on hard times with less funding and failing student numbers. In this, South Africa follows the international trend but two enquiries into the future of the Humanities have opened space for a deep conversation on their future.

关 键 词：HUMANITIES social science UNIVERSITY CRISIS South Africa 

分 类 号：F275[经济管理—企业管理] C-0[经济管理—国民经济]