A summary of the article's thesis (in my view), since it seems most lost the patience to read it: The humanities is a culture based around the activities of re

A summary of the article's thesis (in my view), since it seems most lost the patience to read it: The humanities is a culture based around the activities of reading works, thinking deeply about these works, then constructing criticisms of these works. The humanities should not have to justify their existence. They do not exist as some wish they did to further activist ideologies or to further traditional church views. The humanities should not have to justify its existence for its secondary or tertiary qualities (cognitive benefits, discipline). The humanities have created a class of people with similar tastes and ideas, and expulsion from universities won't make the humanities go away. Humanities exist because historically people have found value in this form of inquiry and these tastes, and people will continue to find value in these activities, so the humanities will continue whether universities accept them or not.