Die toekoms van die geesteswetenskappe

Abstract

The humanities are today being threatened by the overwhelming demand for manpower for the industries, the demands of  professionalising and of national interest in South Africa. 'The danger in this lies in the fact that the balance in society may be upset, at the cost of the cultural development of the people. The ideal of universal man is being relinquished more and more at the cost of specialization in the sciences. 'I here is thus a very real need today that the humanities should not be neglected, but should rather be studied more intensively.