THE HUMANITIES AND HUMAN FLOURISHING SERIES

Edited by James O. Pawelski

Published by Oxford University Press, the Humanities and Human Flourishing series is made up of edited volumes that explore the role of human flourishing in the central disciplines of the humanities, and whether and how the humanities can increase human happiness.

The Humanities and Human Flourishing

Edited by James O. Pawelski

This book offers a landmark exploration of what the arts and humanities can contribute to the conceptualization and cultivation of human flourishing. Edited by James O. Pawelski--founding director of the Humanities and Human Flourishing Project at the University of Pennsylvania--this book serves as the capstone of a decade-long, nine-volume inquiry into the emerging field of the Positive Humanities. Bringing together leading scholars from eight core disciplines in the arts and humanities--philosophy, history, literary studies, religious studies and theology, theater, cinema and media, music, and the visual arts--it provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary examination of how these disciplines engage with, understand, and advance human flourishing.