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Marcelo da Costa Maciel
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5313/2026.04.002
The Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The article intends to examine the current conditions of diffusion of the knowledge in the field of the Humanities, exploring the prospects that may be opened for the future. Taking as a starting-point the ideas of Sigmund Freud, we evaluate his diagnosis of the modern era and the roles played by religion and science in it. The concept of post-truth is discussed as a key for the understanding of the present time. Themes such as the crisis of reason, the decline of the Humanities, and the empire of technologies are addressed. The purpose is to point out some possibilities for teaching in the Humanities nowadays. Following the position of Max Weber in Science as a Vocation, the need for both enthusiasm and discipline, without exaggerated optimism, but also without resignation or renunciation, is emphasized. We argue that professors in the Humanities are charged with the task of keeping and transmitting an heirloom that is extremely valuable at present and may even be indispensable in the future.
crisis of reason, post-truth, future directions in the Humanities
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