Time, Doubt and Wonder in the Humanities addresses a serious lacuna in
humanities studies. It affirms our commitment to wonder and adventure in
living by confronting the subtext that lies within the manifold worldly,
social and political vicissitudes and tribulations. The essays in this
volume speak to our times and make sense of the idea of temporality in
general by using wonder as an inclusive metaphor, which engulfs
fortitude, anguish, joy, providence, submission, precariousness and
revulsion. Wonder could lead to curiosity to inspiration to doubt to
questioning to indignation to seeking of justice.
The book offers a benchmark in thinking about why we must take
literature and art seriously in times of great political turmoil. It
affirms that the shape and contour of literary studies shall depend on
how the coming generation maintains a delicate balance among
inspiration, doubt and faith.