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BASICS IN HUMANITIESSCOPE, ISSUES AND CONCERNS OF THE HUMANITIES1.What do we understand by the word ‘humanities’?ANS:Humanities are a group of disciplines, which concern humanculture, basically fine arts including drawing, painting, ceramics,music, dancing, language and films.Humanities are those branches of knowledge that concernthemselves with human beings and human culture. The humanities aresome times organized as a school in many colleges and university,USA and Indian sub continent.The subjects related with humanities are fine arts, whichinclude drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, architecture, films,music, dramatic art, dancing, philosophy, language and literature. Italso includes law and history.Humanities derived from classical Greek and Paideia, it meansa course of general education, which prepared young man for activecitizenship in the polis or city-state.2.Why do we study the humanities in business study?ANS:If we observed the main objective of business, we find there arefour basic objectives survival, growth, social responsibility and profit.So it is the basic requirement of every business organization to takecare of the society, as social responsibility is the business objectives.Humanity helps us to run the business ethically. By studyinghumanities we can build our moral character and perform socialresponsibility of business such as produce quality and save productscaring the environment and help to contribute in the society. 
 
3.What is classic? How can classic help us to learn the values of thehumanities?ANS:Classical came from this word “classic”. Classic meansmethodical or high quality. It also means Greek-Roman literatures.But in humanities classic has a wide spared meaning. Classic meanssomething that wins time. Classic means ancient with quality.Classic refers to something extra ordinary, unimpeachable andunquestionable. It actually means the literary work in the ancient andthe sophisticated thought of the ancient philosopher and pioneers.From the above definition we know that classic helps us tolearn the values of the humanities.4.Why did people study the humanities in different centuries?Or Why did the humanities lost its popularity once and then how it gained it back?ANS:The Humanities lost its popularity once because its nature of dryness and exclusive concentration on Latin, Greek texts andlanguage. It gained its popularity when it includes the branches of knowledge that concern themselves with human beings and humanculture, values, educational disciplines, physical and biologicalsciences. So, from the above definition it is clear that it is veryimportant to study humanities in different centuries. Studyinghumanities we know the various cultures and their living style andalso their livelihoods. Humanities help us to know about the origin.
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