Abstract:

In the curent context of globalization how to realize new developments of the humanities has aroused concem in intermnational intellectural circles. Through a comparative analysis of the state of the humanities in United States and South African universities, two kinds of dependency pertaining to the humanities and their differences presented in the global north and south can be found. The humanites are. striving to retain urgency, critical perspective and moral value within university and larger social sys-tems. In this way the humanities can still accomplish their deserved creations even in the present special condition of dependence.

Key words: the humanities, globalization, dependence, independence