Humane Arts

Humane Arts

By Wesley CecilSociety & Culture
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Humane Arts episodes

  • American Literature II
    The second lecture in my American Literature course explores the three great migrations taking place simultaneously in American history between 1900 and 1950.
    20 min
  • American Literature Lecture One
    This is a cultural background to American Literature that I usually present in class but, alas, we are not allowed in class at the moment so I thought I would make this available for my students and anyone who might be interested.
    39 min
  • Are Humans Fundamentally Good
    This lecture explores how we think about he worth of other people and how we perceive our own value. And the link to my friends novel Benghazi is
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlhMb...​
    31 min
  • Diversity And Identity
    A reflection on the vexed relationship between diversity and identity and how it impacts institutions and concepts like cultural appropriation.
    44 min
  • Thus Spake Zarathustra Part I
    An audio book version of my translation of Nietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra. I'm translating all four books and working with illustrator Axel Void. This is reading is from the rough draft version of the translation, so the final version will be a little different. I'll try an post a section a week of Book I.
    23 min
  • Global Warming And The End Of Civilization!()
    I ponder the common refrain that global warming is going to lead to the end of civilization. The article that prompted these reflections is here:
    https://www.resilience.org/stories/20...​ but there are many others. The sailing La Vagabonde folks are here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl35t...​
    34 min
  • Feminism A Thinking Persons Guide
    A short consideration of the definition of Feminism. Too often, so called 'discussions' amount to nothing because of the lack of a shared definition. Let me know if you think there are other important features of feminism as a concept that I forgot.
    23 min
  • Recommended Readings To Get Started In Philosophy
    A selection of works that are accessible, important, and mind expanding. I chose these to help folks who find many of the 'classics' of philosophy unintelligible - think Kant and Heidegger. The works I mention and recommended translator:
    Ecce Homo by Nietzsche Kaufmann or Hollingsdale
    Meditation my Marcus Aurelius George Long
    Lives of Imminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius Charles Yonge
    Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy Van Norden and Ivanhoe
    Plato Symposium and Phaedrus Jowett
    Schopenhauer Essay and Aphorisms Penguin edition
    Plutarch's Essays Penguin Classics
    William James Pragmatism and Other Writings Penguin
    Descartes Discourse on Method and Other Writings Penguin
    14 min
  • Capitalism A Thinking Persons Guide
    A brief overview of the definition and complexities of Capitalism. Delivered as an attempt to address the all too common occurrence of arguments that have no grounding in an actual definition of capitalism or the real world complexities of economies as we experience them in our lives.
    42 min

About Humane Arts

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I am a student of language and literature. I have been reading, writing, and studying for most of my life. I received a B.A. in English from Fresno State and then went on to receive an M.A. and Ph.D. in English at Indiana University. I am interested in literature, philosophy, history and gardening. For the last 16 years, I have been a teacher at Peninsula College and, when not working, reading, or writing, spend much of my time in my garden.