Discipline: Humanistic

: It maintains direct contact with the actual human problems that animate the field in the first place, rather than retreating into purely technical or abstract puzzles.

: In fields like art history, it involves studying "documents" (traces of human thought/action) and "monuments" (artifacts that hold urgent meaning for us in the present). humanistic discipline

: It often emphasizes human shared characteristics, such as mortality, reason, and the responsibility individuals have for themselves and others. : It maintains direct contact with the actual